Examples of household taste . Carved Mirror-Frame : Italian Court. 362 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. A short description of the process employed in making a stained glasswindow may interest those who do not desire to investigate the subjectfurther. From the colored study of the design a full-sized cartoon is drawn uponpaper, with the addition of the lines in which the several pieces of glass areto be cut. Glass of the requisite colors having been prepared by a process of. Bohemian Glass-ware; Austrian Court. staining or melting the coloring matter into the material, separate pieces arela
Examples of household taste . Carved Mirror-Frame : Italian Court. 362 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. A short description of the process employed in making a stained glasswindow may interest those who do not desire to investigate the subjectfurther. From the colored study of the design a full-sized cartoon is drawn uponpaper, with the addition of the lines in which the several pieces of glass areto be cut. Glass of the requisite colors having been prepared by a process of. Bohemian Glass-ware; Austrian Court. staining or melting the coloring matter into the material, separate pieces arelaid, one at a time, on the cartoon, and cut with a diamond to the lines seenthrough the surface. The several pieces of plain colored glass are then puttogether on the cartoon, and the design traced upon them with a vitrifiablesubstance that becomes dark when heated in the oven. The shadows are paintedin the same way, and then all the pieces are joined together by strips ofgrooved lead fitted around the edges of each piece. In some designs the glassis cut into geometric figures independent of the design, but the manner most INDUSTRIAL ART. 363 generally preferred is that above described, where the lead-joints and the out-lines of the design harmonize as much as possible. On page 360 we engrave a couple of Cairngorm Brooches, from a col-lection of objects of the same character exhibited in the English Court. Theseunique and pleasing ornaments are made from Scotch pebbles,
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