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 78
rs) is the nameof an Indian brocade, figured all over with re-presentations of the heavenly bodies. Changeable Silk, C). E., was woven of twocolours, so that one of them showed itself un-mixed and quite distinct on one side, and thesecond ajipeared equally clear on the other;mentioned a.d. 1327,… … Fig. 152. Chante-pleure. top the size of a pea, and the bottom full ofsmall holes. Immersed in water, it quickly fills.If the opening at the top be then closed with thethumb, the vessel may be carried, and the waterdistributed as required. The widow of Louis I.,Duke of Orleans, adopted this as her…
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