Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 389
upon wooden molds.For the second it was smeared with an oily paste over-which gold leaf was spread. Heated metal stamps, withthe desired ornament embossed upon them, were pressedupon the gold leaf, which was thereby made to adhereto the leather, after which the superfluous gold-leaf andcement were… … Fig. 218.- TIVES: ( RENAISSANCE ORNAMENT IN SPAIN the like,^frequently betray Moorish motives, such asthe Moorish or Arabic hly (see Fig. 218), certain formsof quarry-mesh and diaper-treatment, and leaf-formscommon in ail the Moslem decorative styles (see p. 103and Figs. 78, 218). The decoration of…
Decoration and ornament
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