A study of the artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and arts of design (1905)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 206
THE VITREOUS ART afterward, with imitations in later times, is pe- culiar in the almost complete abandonment of the work to one single effort, namely, that of de- … Fig. 53. Small Japanese vase. Enamel on silver veloping a complete system of painting in white upon black, or nearly black, ground. The finest Limoges enamels have this monochrome character in the most marked degree, for the use of gold, which appears to modify very much their effect [ iS4]
Art · Decorative arts
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