Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 80
Edme Poterat obtained a licence to make and sell fayencein the province of Normandy. This monopoly did not last long, for we find that in 1673his son, I.ouis Poterat, obtained another licence, and fromthat time a new development takes place in the ornamentthat is so characteristic of Rouen ware.… … l-H ti. repeat at intervals around the border of plates or trays;light pendentives and wreaths of artificial flowers arepainted in a lighter tone, and occur between the richerlambrequins (Fig. 54). Richly ornamented coats-of-arms, HISTORIC OENAMENf. or baskets of flowers and cornucopias, occupy the…
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