. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . big. 13. Albe. Fig. 14. Point dWIeiifoii. Alencon, Point d. Lace formerly know n asPoint de Prancc. It is the only French lace notmade on the pillow, but worked entirely by handwith a fine needle, on a parchment ])attern; it iscalled Vilain in the French provinces, and inEngland is known as needle-poin
. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . big. 13. Albe. Fig. 14. Point dWIeiifoii. Alencon, Point d. Lace formerly know n asPoint de Prancc. It is the only French lace notmade on the pillow, but worked entirely by handwith a fine needle, on a parchment ])attern; it iscalled Vilain in the French provinces, and inEngland is known as needle-point. (Fig. 14.) Alerion, Tier. An eagle, in early Her., repre-senlcd without feet or beak. (See ) Ale-stake. In the middle ages the roadsideale-house w as distinguished by a stake projectingfrom the house, on w hich some object was hungfor a sign. Alexandrinum (opus), R. A kind of mosaicemployed especially for the pavement of distinctive feature of these mosaics is thatthe lines or figures composing the designs arc intwo colours only, the prevailing ones being redand black upon a white ground. A largenumber of mosaics of this description exist atPompeii, which are also called sectilia. Alexikakos (Apollo). Another name of theceklirattd statue generally called the Belvedere
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