reallyjects of antiquity con- great unless they possess quality of line, but manysidering their size, and objects and designs which are otherwise poor andunattractive are saved from oblivion, and will evenfind their special devotees, if their line quality ischaracteristic, refined or peculiarly… … so far never imitatedin later art. But as thesubject of this paper is the type of glass known asgold glass, we will now turn to this, also inventedin the time of the Ptolemies, probably in theircapital Alexandria, in the Delta of the Nile. Gold glass is a padded, or pad-glass, and was made by…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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