PREFACE.
This work is a continuation of the former volume on the subject of Historic Ornament, and treats of the historical development of ornament and decoration as illustrated in furniture, pottery, enamels, ivories, metal work, including goldsmiths’, silversmiths’, and jewellers’ work, textile fabrics, mosaic, glass, and book decoration.
Though each volume may be considered complete in itself as far as it has been possible to consider the subjects therein treated in the dimensions of this work, at the same time the student is respectfully advised to read both volumes, as a few subjects which are necessarily only slightly noticed in the former treatise, particularly those belonging to the Minor Arts, are more fully treated in the present work.
J. Ward.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| Pottery—Maiolica—Della Robbia Ware—Italian Maiolica—Persian, Damascus, and Rhodian Wares—French Pottery—Oiron Ware—Palissy Ware—Nevers, Rouen, and Moustiers Wares—French Porcelain—German Pottery—German Porcelain—English Pottery—English Porcelain—Chinese Porcelain—Indian Pottery | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Enamels—Enamels of the Countries of the East | [108] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Ivory Carvings | [139] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Metal Work—Gold, Silver, Bronze, Pewter, and Iron—Spanish Metal Work—Metal Work in Italy, Germany, France, and England—Niello-work and Damascening—Indian Jewellery—Iron Work in France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and England | [161] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Furniture—Antique: Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and Rome—Byzantine, Romanesque, Saracenic, and the Furniture of the Middle Ages—Italian and other Furniture of the Renaissance | [241] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Textile Fabrics—Textiles of India—Embroidery—Tapestry—Lace | [295] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Mosaics | [344] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Glass | [365] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| The Decoration of Books | [389] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.