An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations (1883)
Mollett, John W. (John William) · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington · leaf 164
needle-made. The characteristic of this lacewas its design, a kind of barleycorn-shapedpattern, radiating into rosettes from a centre.It was particularly adapted for the large turn-over collar of Louis XIII., and was producedby plaiting, and made entirely on the pillow. Genouillieres, Fr. (i) Steel… … 1 g- 35^. George Gold Noble, llciiry \111. 15^ WORDS USED IN Geodes. In Mineralogy, hollow lumps ofchalcedony found deposited in the cavities offlints, formed by the chemical action of water. George. A gold noble of the time of HenryVIII. (Fig. 352.) George, Saint, Her. The patron saint ofEngland.…
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