On the theory and practice of art-enamelling upon metals (1899)
Cunynghame, Henry H. (Henry Hardinge), Sir, 1848-1935 · Westminster : A. Constable & Co. · leaf 58
tating to his workmen,and where Francis I. had been content to receiveinstruction, Louis XIV. covered the plans of hisarchitects with his own corrections. As a conse-quence, every courtier claimed to be a man of taste,and art continued to decline until towards the end ofthe eighteenth century. In… … INTRODUCTION imitating the costly Chinese tea-services, which werethe pride of their possessors. The unhappy tendencyproduced by the desire to rival, if not to forge, theart of the Chinese has continued to our own day,and greatly vitiated the design of modern porcelain. About the same time a new…
Enamel and enameling
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