Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 417
t century the Delftwares had become famous,and by the end of the centurythe town had become the centerof a very extensive and pros-perous manufacturing and ex-port trade in these wares. Apowerful influence in this de-velopment was the Guild ofSt. Luke, founded in 1611,w^hich included artists of… … Fig. 237.—Delft Tiles, Seven TEEKTTH CeNTURY. ORNAMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS scenes and conventional or naturalistic floral ornament,executed in blue. After 1650 the ware is finer, imitat-ing the Oriental porcelains and copying in its decora-tion Chinese and Japanese models, Holland having bythat time…
Decoration and ornament
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