The industrial arts of Scandinavia in the pagan time (1883)
Hildebrand, Hans, 1842-1913 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman & Hall · leaf 41
Fig. 15.—Fibula. Scandinavian type. … Fig. 16.—Fibula. Gotlandic type. The old and ingenious Gotlandic workers in bronze did so.To see how they did it, we have only to direct our attention toFig. 17—a very common type. The filled-up hole with its meaning-less contour was converted into an animals head, and as a headnever exists…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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