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 232
icolas Lelong. Nankeen. A buff-coloured cotton cloth, in-troduced from the province of Nankin, in China. Nan-mo, Chinese. A beautiful wood, resem-bling cedar, used for temples, palaces, andhouses of state. Nantes. Manufactories of white faience wereestablished here in 1588 and 1625 ; and that ofLe… … Fig. 477. Narghilly—Persian. Naos, Gr. The interior apartment of aGreek temple ; the cella of the Ronlan temple. Napery. A general term for made-up linencloth. Naphthar, Heb. (lit. thick ruater). The namegiven by Nehemiah to the substance that they foundin the pit where the sacred fire of the…
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