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A study of the artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and arts of design (1905)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 175

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PERSIAN ENAMELLED WARES and applied to the interior walls of mosques and dwellings in Cairo, Damascus, and other Levan- tine cities, although devoid of such special bril- liancy as was given at a later time by the metallic … Fig. 41. Persian tiles, square panel (Marquand Collection) lustre, are, on account of their exquisitely soft and melting coloration and the admirable drawing and composition of the patterns to which this coloring is applied, among the most perfect ex- amples of ceramic art. Fig. 41 shows a square…

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