Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 158
n forms are shown. Painted terra-cotta ornaments,such as were used on the wooden superstructures oftheir temples, are preserved in the museums of Italy;they strongly resemble others found in Pompeii andsouthern Italy, which are very likely of Etruscan work-manship. These represent the highest… … Fig. IGl. Etruscax Pilaster Cap. of spheirelaton or sheet-metalliammered into relief on a base ofcarved wood. The fine bronzechariot in the Metropolitan Mu-seum at New York appears to bea product of Etruscan work ofthis sort of the seventh century B.C. Etruscan jewelry and filigreewere often of…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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