. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. hung(figs. 7, 8, 13 and 14). We may also add Spangles, which weresewed as a decoration on garments in the Antique; and sometimes inlater periods (fig. 3). We give a few examples of these objects, without any pretensionto system or exhaustiveness. Plate 280. Miscellaneous Egyptian Diadem, gold incrusted with gems and enamel, with the badge of King Greek Head - dress, gold-plate, found in Mykenae, (Bliimner). 3. Greek Spangle, ornam
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. hung(figs. 7, 8, 13 and 14). We may also add Spangles, which weresewed as a decoration on garments in the Antique; and sometimes inlater periods (fig. 3). We give a few examples of these objects, without any pretensionto system or exhaustiveness. Plate 280. Miscellaneous Egyptian Diadem, gold incrusted with gems and enamel, with the badge of King Greek Head - dress, gold-plate, found in Mykenae, (Bliimner). 3. Greek Spangle, ornament of a dress from Mykenae, (Bliimner). 4. Greek Diadem, gold, found near Kertsch, Hermitage, St. Peters-burg, (Kunsthandwerk). 5. Renascence, Smelling-bottle, as Pendant. 6. Barocco, Smelling-bottle. 7—8. French Chatelaines, 18th century, (Racinet). 9—10. Barocco, Seals, Exhibition, Carlsruhe, 1881. 11. Modern, Needle-case, in anchor-form as a Pendant, privatecollection, Carlsruhe. 12. Modern, Comb, (Gewerbehalle). 13. Modem, French, Chatelaine, (Gewerbehalle). 14. Modern, Chatelaine, by Dir. A. Ortwein, Graz, (Gewerbehalle). 32*. HERALDRY. Heraldry has so many points of contact with Ornament that itcannot be omitted from a work that deals with the whole art ofDecoration. Heraldiy includes both the science and the art of armorialbearings. The former contains the rules of framing and bearing coatsof arms; the latter is the practical art of blazoning or designingand depicting such coats. Armorial bearings are distinct Badges,fixed according to certain principles, which individuals, families andcorporations are entitled to bear in perpetuity. Armorial bearingsarose during the crusades, towards the end of the 11th elevation of the nobles into a corporation, the addition of thefamily or surname to the baptismal name, the peculiar usages ofChivalry, the custom of military games and tournaments, are all closelyconnected with the introduction of armorial bearings. Her
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