158 ORNAMENT AND ITS APPLICATION. … 147. WOOD GROUNDED OUI AND FILLED IN WITH COLOURED MASTIC. stronger contrast between the pattern and its background.The carvers of the fanciful ItaHan cypress chests of the fif-teenth centur) did that by filling in the ground with a cementor mastic, which at the same time gave them colour—thoughin…
Decoration and ornament
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