o much alike. Large-headed nails are, it will readily be understood, insome degree necessary to tack down the leather on to itswooden frame ; and the development of this necessity into ALLIED PROCESSES. 231 an ornamental feature is all in the direction of practical design.The brass-headed nails at… … 2^0. ROR ROYs shield—EMBOSSED LEATHER WITH METAL RIVETS. traced to the nails or rivets in the primitive leather targe,as the Scotch call it, in which they are not only constructivelyuseful but efficacious against sword cuts. The combinationof embossed leather and nailwork in Rob Roys shield…
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