The Antique Collectors' illustrated dictionary, Compiled by David Mountfield, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1974
Year clock, a clock that goes for a year without winding.
The Antique Collectors' illustrated dictionary, Compiled by David Mountfield, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1974 X-frame, of chairs and stools, shaped like an X when looked at either from the side or the front, the upper sections extending (in the case of chairs) to the arms and back; a type of construction known in ancient Egypt, familiar in the Renaissance, and recently employed in the Barcelona chair.
The Antique Collectors' illustrated dictionary, Compiled by David Mountfield, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1974 Wrought iron, malleable iron (as distinct from pig iron which is cast but not 'wrought'), shaped or forged into various forms by a blacksmith, seen at its most decorative in gates, railings, lamp standards, etc.
The Antique Collectors' illustrated dictionary, Compiled by David Mountfield, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1974 Vignette, in Gothic architecture, an ornamental band of vines or foliage; also, ornamentation in a manuscript or book, particularly of a capital letter; a portrait miniature in which the subject shades imperceptibly into the ground, etc.
The Antique Collectors' illustrated dictionary, Compiled by David Mountfield, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1974 Undercut, carving basically in high relief in which parts of the design are actually separated from the surface.
The Antique Collectors' illustrated dictionary, Compiled by David Mountfield, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1974 |
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