Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 425
s con-sist of designs composed of strap-work or interlacings anddelicate tracery, clothed with Arabian foliage, workedon prepared costly leathers in various colours, and oftenheightened with gold. Groliers bindings usually bore in addition to the title ofthe book the inscription Jo Grolierii Et… … Fig. 316.—Covei for a Book of the Hours, dcbigned by Geoffry Tory ; French, Sixleeiilli Century. THE DECORATION OF BOOKS. +07 developed so much in France, went even further inGermany, not only in bookbinding decoration, but in goldand silversmiths work, and in architecture—as we havenoticed before…
Decoration and ornament -- History · Architecture -- History
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