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The Alhambra Court in the Crystal Palace (1854)

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 66

An illustration from The Alhambra Court in the Crystal Palace, 1854, leaf 66
ed by simply changing the colour ; the several pieces of mosaic remaining the same in their component parts, y The mosaics of the Casa Real are as perfect as when originally executed, and seem, indeed, to be imperishable. They are formed of baked clay, squeezed into moulds of the different figures,… … FULL SIZE. Our mosaic has been manufactured by Mr. Minton, and is much more perfect than the mosaics of the Moors. This perfection of manufacture, however, rather dimi¬ nishes than enhances the effect, the very irregularity of the glazed surface of the Moorish mosaics, and the unequal breadth of…

Alhambra (Granada, Spain) · Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) · Islamic architecture -- Exhibitions · Exhibition buildings -- England -- London · Arkitektur -- Spanien

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