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 136
STENCILLING WITH PAINTING IN FLAT or background of the four quarters is blue, and the fleurs-de-lis are gold. This escutcheon, unusually varied and pretty in effect, is still a poor and feeble piece of decoration when painted on wood or plaster, but in mosaic of glass it has a certain interest.… … Fig. 159. Party per pale argent the cross ancree charged and gules, a cross ancree « . 1 5 , 1 upon this escutcheon countercnanged r (From Bomon) is red where it comes on the silver, and silver where it comes on the red of the field. Under the best circumstances, however, escutcheons of arms are…
Art · Decorative arts
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