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 247
P E It S O N A L J E W E L It Y size of the stones and the shape and character of the chatons, although everything may be thought to turn upon the original choice of the designer in these regards, is yet to be distinguished from the delicate manual work itself. There is, of … Fig. 65. Russian enamelled chain course, immeasurably greater interest to the stu- dent in the rough Russian chain, Fig. 65. In this the metal is of no great value, apparently an alloy ; and the decoration, apart from the simple device of two small links between each pair of central feature of a…
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