Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English (1893)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Macmillan · leaf 88
;6 LEADWORK [sect. Vincent’s Church at Rouen, of which a drawing is preserved, is a beautiful instance of this treat- ment ; it is divided into lengths in which branches with leaves and flowers alternate with a stiffer pattern. The spire before spoken of, at Chalons-sur-Marne, furnishes the finest… … Fig. 36.— Painting aiid gilding illuminated the spaces between these black lines, and we must observe that nearly all the lead work of the middle ages was thus decorated by paintings applied to the metal by means of an energetic mordant. The plumber’s art of the middle ages is wrought out like…
Leadwork
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