. The grammar of ornament . Ornaments designed for Marquetry by Fay, in the style of Louis Seize. Panels designed by Fay, in the style of Louis Seize. sixteenth century, the Venetians appear to have invented the art of introducing threads of colouredand opaque white {latticinio) glass into the substance of the articles they manufactured, forming abeautiful and enduring enrichment, suitable, from the lightness of its character, to the delicate formsof the objects to which it was applied. The secret of this art was most jealously guarded by the State;and the severest penalties were enacted again
. The grammar of ornament . Ornaments designed for Marquetry by Fay, in the style of Louis Seize. Panels designed by Fay, in the style of Louis Seize. sixteenth century, the Venetians appear to have invented the art of introducing threads of colouredand opaque white {latticinio) glass into the substance of the articles they manufactured, forming abeautiful and enduring enrichment, suitable, from the lightness of its character, to the delicate formsof the objects to which it was applied. The secret of this art was most jealously guarded by the State;and the severest penalties were enacted against any workmen who should divulge it, or exercise theircraft in any other country. On the other hand, the masters of the glass-houses at Murano received greatprivileges, and even the workmen were not classed with ordinary artisans. In 1602 a gold coin wasstruck at Murano, with the avowed object of handing down to posterity the names of those who146 ^ fT • ITALIAN ORNAMENT. established the first glass-houses on the island;
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