Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 509
ust coming intoarchitectural design, toning down the crudeness of themasses of light, and tinting the walls and pavements onwhich it was cast. When coloured glass came into general use, embroi-dered hangings mostly disappeared. Whatever may havebeen the cause, there is no doubt of the coincidence.… … An embroidered Panel, designed by Polaiolo, and worked by Paulo da Verona. In theChurch of St. Giovanni at Florence (fifteenth century). Page 329. Ecclesiastical Emkroidery. 329 glass-painting, and resemble its designs, both in thecompositions of figures and heraldic subjects. Ofthis we may…
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