Travels in South Kensington with Notes on Decorative Art and Architecture in England. Moncure Daniel Conway
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Moncure Daniel Conway
Travels in South Kensington with Notes on Decorative Art and Architecture in England
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4064066186005
Table of Contents
DECORATIVE ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| The Statue of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort | Frontispiece |
| South Kensington Museum | 21 |
| Sir Henry Cole, K.C.B. | 36 |
| South Kensington Museum—Ground Plan | 39 |
| Diagram showing Glitter Points in a Picture-gallery | 40 |
| Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen, Director of South Kensington Museum | 42 |
| North Court, North-west Corner, Showing Casts of the Biga (or Two-horse Chariot), from the Original in Marble at the Vatican, and of the Pulpit by Giovani Pisano, formerly in the Cathedral at Pisa | 44 |
| South Court, Showing the Prince Consort’s Gallery | 45 |
| Chinese Potters at Work—Window in the Ceramic Gallery | 47 |
| Italian Majolica (Urbino). Sixteenth Century | 51 |
| Lamp from an Arabian Mosque. Fourteenth Century | 53 |
| Palissy, the Potter—Window in the Ceramic Gallery | 54 |
| Sèvres Porcelain Vase. Modern | 55 |
| Henri Deux Candlestick | 56 |
| Henri Deux Salt-cellar | 58 |
| Michael Angelo’s Eros | 62 |
| Marble Cantoria. By Baccio D’Agnolo | 65 |
| Tabernacle. Andrea Ferrucci | 66 |
| Altar-piece—the Virgin with the Infant Saviour.—Enamelled Terra-cotta, or Della Robbia, in High Relief. By Andrea Della Robbia | 67 |
| Hercules, the Duke of Ferrara | 70 |
| Ashantee Relics | 72 |
| The Cellini Sardonyx Ewer, Mounted in Enamelled Gold, and Set with Gems—Italian. Sixteenth Century | 73 |
| Châsse, or Reliquary—Limoges Enamelled. Thirteenth Century | 75 |
| Pastoral Staves—Ivory and Enamel. Fourteenth Century | 82 |
| Elkington’s Mark | 85 |
| Franchi and Son’s Mark | 85 |
| Modern Persian Ewer (Copper-coated, with White Metal) | 94 |
| Old Persian Earthenware (Water-bottle) | 95 |
| Persian Kaliān | 96 |
| Ancient Persian Incense-burner (Pierced and Chased Brass) | 97 |
| Modern Persian Incense-burner (Brass) |
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