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 57
t ig. 98. Bourgog iig 99 Figures uith Bracc£E such as the Amazons, Gauls, Peisians, and Scy-thians A najnyi idts \\ as the name gi\ en to close-fitting tiouseis, b>accic laxa to widei pantaloons,such as those woin by the Gaul in the left-handcomei of Fig 99, fiom a bas-ielief taken fiomthe… … Fig, loo. Three diamond ringinterlaced. especially by Asiatics ; bracciv picta, variegatedor embroidered trousers. (See Breeches.) Braced or Braz-ed, Her. Inter-laced, as in theillustration of thearms of Cosmo,tlie founder ofthe Medici family.(Fig. loo.) (Seealso the illustra-tion to Fret.)…
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