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Near by, were imbedded their arms: mace, bow, and spear, in similar marquetry; and over each skull was the likeness of a scepter. First and conspicuous lay the half-decayed remains of Marjora, the father of these Coral Kings; by his side, the storied, sickle-shaped weapon, wherewith he slew his brother Teei. "Line of kings and row of scepters," said Babbalanja as he gazed.
"Monsieur has promised to pass the evening here," said the old man, with the air of a millionnaire receiving a guest. Auguste, sitting on a tapestried chair at a marquetry table with brass trimmings, was reading a book by the light of the candelabra on the chimney piece. "Auguste, my dear," said his mother, "tell Jean to serve tea in an hour.
There is Emerson-worship, Channing-worship, Margaret Fuller-worship and the pale cast of The Dial. We mention these to give some idea of the spirit in which this work of marquetry is executed a work too fragmentary and incoherent to be easily describable except by its specimens. And while culling fragments, we cannot forbear mentioning the curious records of Mr.
So nicely had the parts been joined that the lines of meeting were difficult to discover with the naked eye; they had been joined solid, so to speak. It was an excellent example of marquetry. I had been over-hasty in my deprecation; I owed as much to Pugh. "This box of yours is better worth looking at than I first supposed. Is it to be sold?" "No, it is not to be sold.
No charm of rural life was wanting; and the towers of the most superb city of the Continent were visible in the distance. The royal apartments were richly adorned with tapestry and marquetry, vases of silver and mirrors in gilded frames. A pension of more than forty thousand pounds sterling was annually paid to James from the French Treasury.
In marquetry the entire surface of the article is covered with pieces of different colored woods cut very thin and glued on. It is like a modern picture puzzle done with regard to the design. In inlay, the design only is inlaid in the wood, leaving a much larger plain background. Veneering is a thin layer of beautiful and often rare wood glued to a foundation of some cheaper kind.
'I did not do much myself, he went on, 'but I may make my traveling expenses out of this, and he showed me a what-not; a marvel! Boucher's designs executed in marquetry, and with such art! One could have gone down on one's knees before it. 'Look, sir, he said, 'I have just found this fan in a little drawer; it was locked, I had to force it open.
The hangings, wall-paper, and floor coverings were to harmonize not match and the piano and music-cabinet for the parlor, as well as the etagere, cabinets, and pedestals for the reception-rooms, were to be of buhl or marquetry, if Frank cared to stand the expense. Ellsworth advised a triangular piano the square shapes were so inexpressibly wearisome to the initiated.
The marquetry clocks made at this time are wonderful and characteristic examples of the work, and are among the finest clocks ever made for beauty of line and finish, and proportion. Although marquetry and inlay have much in common there is one great difference between them, and they should not be used as synonymous terms.
It must be obvious, too, that in the production of marquetry the processes are attainable by machinery, which saves labour and cheapens productions of the commoner kinds; this tends to produce a decorative effect which is often inappropriate and superabundant.
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