Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 443
sful,particularly in the making of arms and armor, in whichthey rivaled the Italians (Figure 85). The magnificentcollection in the Metropolitan Museum at New York 343 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT is especially rich in examples of Teutonic skilland taste in this art. The Germans were consum-mate engravers,… … Fig. 252.— (a) Etched Tin Plate, Seventeenth Century;(b) Iron Chest, Sixteenth Century. objects in metal, even tin plates, were etched and en-graved with patterns of great richness, in which therinceau, acanthus and symbolic grotesques were com-bined with admirable decorative effect (Figs.…
Decoration and ornament
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