. Enamels . IlKAKIEARl nil A jouu IKTEENTH ClvNTUKY cloisonn:^ enamels ^7 sure he could make plique a jour enamels himselfafter hearing it. The Burgundian cup in South Kensington is^in all likelihood, very similar to the bowl so ad-mired by King Francis, and described with somuch ardour by Cellini. CHAPTER III CHAMPLEVE ENAMELS * The lyfe so short, the crafte so long to lerne. Chaucer. IN that wonderful book, The Arts of the MiddleAges, the more wonderful because of thetime in which it was written, early in the nine-teenth century, enamels are arranged in threedivisions—(i) the incru
. Enamels . IlKAKIEARl nil A jouu IKTEENTH ClvNTUKY cloisonn:^ enamels ^7 sure he could make plique a jour enamels himselfafter hearing it. The Burgundian cup in South Kensington is^in all likelihood, very similar to the bowl so ad-mired by King Francis, and described with somuch ardour by Cellini. CHAPTER III CHAMPLEVE ENAMELS * The lyfe so short, the crafte so long to lerne. Chaucer. IN that wonderful book, The Arts of the MiddleAges, the more wonderful because of thetime in which it was written, early in the nine-teenth century, enamels are arranged in threedivisions—(i) the incrusted: in this class areincluded both cloisonne and champleve; (2) thetranslucid upon relief; and (3) the painted the point of view of an antiquary and thehistorical treatment of the subject this was doubt-less the best arrangement. In the incrustedclass are placed together the cloisonne work ofthe Byzantine artists of early Christian timesalong with the champleve work of Limoges andthe Rhine a
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