Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 346
gates and grilles, were de-signed with remarkable grace of line, free from affecta-tion or display of technical tours-de-force in hammeredfoliage or intricate twists and spirals. Nearly all thisironwork was wrought of bars of rectangular section,giving it a certain refined severity of aspect, and… … Fig. 197.—Louis XVI Iron Gate. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT French Ceramic Art. It has seemed better to treat this subject as a whole,rather than to break it up into the periods under whichwe have studied architectural ornament. The pioneerwork of Palissy was briefly referred to on page 198;but for the…
Decoration and ornament
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