. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. s, adorned with gold-foil, &c. Standardexamples are furnished by the Antique, the Renascence, and manyModern national costumes, while the modern wholesale factory-madeButton has scarcely any artistic value. Our examples have been takenfrom the periods named above; and are mostly the same size as theoriginals. Plate 272. The Antique, double-button, gold. United collections, Carlsruhe. 2—3. Etruscan, gold with gems and pearls. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 1
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. s, adorned with gold-foil, &c. Standardexamples are furnished by the Antique, the Renascence, and manyModern national costumes, while the modern wholesale factory-madeButton has scarcely any artistic value. Our examples have been takenfrom the periods named above; and are mostly the same size as theoriginals. Plate 272. The Antique, double-button, gold. United collections, Carlsruhe. 2—3. Etruscan, gold with gems and pearls. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 27, 28 and 29. Buttonsand double - buttons of various origin, of metal, with filigree-work, enamelled, &c. In the possession of Prof. MarcRosenberg, —9. Renascence, gold, enamelled and set with pearls, Regali;i, Berlin, (Luthmer).10. Renascence, from a belt. 13. Modern, filigree. 18. Renascence, enamelled. National Museum, Munich 20 and 23. Buttons by a Frankfort maker of the 18th century, inthe collection of Mr. J. Werneck, Frankfort, silk, gold-thread and foil, (Kunsthandwerk). JEWELRY. 483. The Button. Plate * 484 The Button. - The Ring. 21. Renascence, the gallery, Schleissheim, (Luthmer). 22 and 24. Renascence, from pictures in Worlitz and Gotha, (Luthmer). 26. Indian, silver filigree, from Sumatra, United collections, Modern, pendant of a necklet, (Gewerbehalle). The Ring. (Plate 273.) The Finger-ring is universally employed as an article of personaladornment; and it is one which has been worn by both sexes at al-most all times, and in almost all countries. The manner of wearingit was determined partly by fashion, partly by edicts. Sometimes itwas considered good taste to wear only a single ring, at other timesboth hands were covered with rings; it is worn sometimes under, andsometimes over the glove; plain, comfortable forms give way tomonstrous shapes; sometimes it is pm-ely ornamental, sometimes ithas a symbolic
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