Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 386
helight at variousangles, and thus pro-ducing the prismatichues. At the time of theRoman occupationof Egypt, during theperiod of rule underthe Ptolemies, glassmaking was a greatindustry in the lattercountry. It is saidthat the Romanslearnt the art fromthe Egyptians, andit is known thatmany of the… … 3b8 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. making- by the former ; the Venetians from the fourteenthcentury have imitated the Romans in their uses of mille-fiori glass for bead making and other purposes, with greatsuccess. The method of making this variety of glass consists inarranging a number of thin rods or threads…
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