. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. and still more so by tbe only did the first artists of this period occupy themselves practi-cally with such things; but they designed numerous patterns for them,€. g. Hans Holbein, in his sketchbook for Henry VIII, of England. We can only offer a small selection from the copious material. PiATE 278. The Pendant. 1. Egyptian, gold and enamel, (Racinet). 2. Gold, found in Rhodes, Louvre, Paris, (Menard et Sauvageot). 3. Greek, gold filigre
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. and still more so by tbe only did the first artists of this period occupy themselves practi-cally with such things; but they designed numerous patterns for them,€. g. Hans Holbein, in his sketchbook for Henry VIII, of England. We can only offer a small selection from the copious material. PiATE 278. The Pendant. 1. Egyptian, gold and enamel, (Racinet). 2. Gold, found in Rhodes, Louvre, Paris, (Menard et Sauvageot). 3. Greek, gold filigree, found near Kertsch, Hermitage, , (Kunsthandwerk). 4. Etruscan, gold, Campana collection, (Lart pour tous). 5. Ancient Italic, bronze. United collections, Carlsruhe. 6. Turkish, harness in the Booty of Prince Ludwig of Baden,United collections, Carlsruhe. 7—9. Renascence, (Hefner-Alteneck). 10. Renascence, 1637, Exhibition, Carlsruhe, 1881. 11. Empire period, gold filigree, collection of Prof. Marc Rosen-berg, Carlsruhe. 12. Renascence, Antique cameo set in enameUed gold and jewels,Paris, (Lart pour tous). JEWELRY, 495. The Pendant. (Plate 278. 496 The Pendant — The Ear-ring. 13. Renascence, by Hans Brosamer, (Formenschatz). 14. Renascence, by Hans Holbein. 15—16. Renascence, by Hans Holbein, (Formenscbatz). 17. Renascence, (Lutbmer). 18. Renascence, 17tb century. Silver coin, set. 19. Renascence, by Julius Bernic, (Lutbmer). 20. Modern, (Blatter fur Kunstgewerbe). 21—23. Modern, (Zeitschrift des Kunstgewerbevereins). 24. Modern, (Gewerbehalle). 25. Modern, French. The Ear-ring. (Plate 279.) The custom of wearing Ear-rings as articles of adornment seemsto be of ancient oriental origin; and to have penetrated through AsiaMinor to the civilised countries of the West. It has been practisedfrom the earliest times by the Arabs, in Spain, and in Sicily. Bothsexes, among the ancient Germans and Gauls, decked themselves withEar-rings. As the wearing of them imp
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