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 317
ized with alittle hammer, in which case the work is calledopus mallei. In the method known as mezzo-tinlo, a dark l>arl> or ground is raised uniformlyby means of a toothed tool ; and the designbeing traced, the light parts are scraped off fromthe plate by fitting instruments, according to… … Fig. 632. Stola. Costume of a Roman Matron.Stocheion, Gr. A form of sun-dial. (See IIOROLOC.IUM.) Stockings were introduced into Englandwith knitting in 1501, when Queen Elizabethwas jircsented with a pair of black knit silkstockings by her tirewoman, and immediatelydiscontinued the cloth hose she…
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