Indian metal work, embroidery, weaving and painting, (1898). 'Fig 1: Ancus (instrument used to drive and train elephants) in chiselled iron. Figs 2 and 3: Pendants and button embossed in gold and chiselled. Fig 4: Ancus, enamelled and adorned with jewels. Figs 5-9: Decorations from enamelled arms. Fig 10: State parasol with rich gold embroidery. Figs 11-13: Embroidered fans. Fig 14: Covering for the foot, woven in gold and embroidered in silk and pearls. Fig 15: Embroidered table-cover. Fig 16: Border from a saddle-cloth. Fig 17: Embroidery on black stuff. Fig 18: Border from an embroidered ve
Indian metal work, embroidery, weaving and painting, (1898). 'Fig 1: Ancus (instrument used to drive and train elephants) in chiselled iron. Figs 2 and 3: Pendants and button embossed in gold and chiselled. Fig 4: Ancus, enamelled and adorned with jewels. Figs 5-9: Decorations from enamelled arms. Fig 10: State parasol with rich gold embroidery. Figs 11-13: Embroidered fans. Fig 14: Covering for the foot, woven in gold and embroidered in silk and pearls. Fig 15: Embroidered table-cover. Fig 16: Border from a saddle-cloth. Fig 17: Embroidery on black stuff. Fig 18: Border from an embroidered velvet-carpet. Figs 19-22: Flowers from silk embroidery. Fig 23: Woven shawl. Fig 24: Border from woven stuff. Figs 25 and 26: Patterns from silk- and gold-weavings. Fig 27: Lacquerpainting. Fig 28: Portion of a book-cover in lacquerpainting. Figs 29 and 30: From illuminated manuscripts'. Plate 17 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [ Batford, London, 1898]
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