Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 404
colour andquality of the glass, so lead was added in certain propor-tions, which gave the requisite clearness and strength. GLASS. 3^5 All kinds of glass vessels and plate glass for carriagewindows were made at Lambeth, under the managementor patronage ot the Duke of Buckingham. Though there are no… … Fig. 307.—Stained Glass; Fifteenth Century. Ardagh Chalice, prove that the art was known in Irelandat least in the ninth century, if not earlier. Mention hasalso been made in old writings of this period of glassvessels for use in Irish churches. Painted or stained window glass is the glory of…
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