background to his carving and leaves it PARTNERSHIPS. 243 a jour (page 245); if it is iron he is working in, he mayengrave the surface of his fret, and sHghtly emboss it (page246) ; if it is turning, he may combine it with inlay (page247), in which last instance he combines what we should nowcall… … 241. DETAIL OF 242. 242. SHOWINGPOSITION OF 241. 244 ORNAMENT AND ITS APPLICATION. It is not only the design of theeagle, the ingenious way in which thehuge bird is built up of relativelysmall pieces of tusk (the joints ofwhich are lost in the lines of thefeathering) and the masterly carving,which…
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