Tag Archives: Arte Decorativo

CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL. Ornamental design from Japan at the end of the 19th century.

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Three segments of a circular border. Cloisonné enamel

CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL.

Japan shippō-yaki design.

THE three segments of a circular border which are reproduced in this Plate, are taken from a tray of cloisonné enamel – one of the most perfect specimens of modern enamel which has reached us from Japan. The accuracy and beauty of the design and execution are equal to anything we have seen in the finest old work; clearly proving, in this art at least, that in manipulative skill the Japanese artizan artists of to-day are not a whit behind those of by-gone times (jap. shippō-yaki).

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Catalan costumes 14th century.

Medieval Costume History. Spain Catalan costumes.

Catalan suits mid-fourteenth century.

Catalan costumes 14th century.

Spain. Catalan costumes mid-fourteenth century. (From a prayer book at Gerona.) España. Trajes catalanes de mediados del siglo XIV. ( De un devocionario procedente de Gerona.)

Source: Galería del Arte Decorativo: Enciclopedia Universal de Trajes, Armas, Muebles, Arquitectura, Útiles Domésticos y Ornamentación de Todos los Tiempos. Editor: J. Aleu Fugarull, Barcelona 1824.

Medieval Arab Moorish robes in 13th century.

Medieval Costume History. Moorish robes. Arabian costumes.

Moorish robes in 1276.

Medieval Arab Moorish robes in 13th century.

Spain. Arab Moorish robes from the year 1276. (From Lapidario of D. Alonso the Wise.) España. Trajes arabes del ano 1276. (Del Lapidario de D. Alonso el Sabio.)

Source: Galería del Arte Decorativo: Enciclopedia Universal de Trajes, Armas, Muebles, Arquitectura, Útiles Domésticos y Ornamentación de Todos los Tiempos. Editor: J. Aleu Fugarull, Barcelona 1824.

Renaissance Armor. Closed helmet with visor. 1500-1550.

Renaissance Armor. Closed helmet with visor.

Closed helmet with visor. 1500-1550.

Renaissance Armor. Closed helmet with visor. 1500-1550.

 Europa (Provenance unknown). Yelmo cerrado, y con visera. 1500-1550.

Source: Galería del Arte Decorativo: Enciclopedia Universal de Trajes, Armas, Muebles, Arquitectura, Útiles Domésticos y Ornamentación de Todos los Tiempos. Editor: J. Aleu Fugarull, Barcelona 1824.

Spanish armor or corselet of the 16th century.

Spanish Armor, Renaissance. Corslet 16th century

Spain Armor of the sixteenth century.

Spanish armor or corselet of the sixteenth century.

Spain Renaissance. Middle armor or corslet of the sixteenth century. España. Media armadura ó corselete del siglo XVI.

Source: Galería del Arte Decorativo: Enciclopedia Universal de Trajes, Armas, Muebles, Arquitectura, Útiles Domésticos y Ornamentación de Todos los Tiempos. Editor: J. Aleu Fugarull, Barcelona 1824.

Italian Armory from Turin. 16th century.

Renaissance Breastplate chiseled. Italian Armory. 16th century.

Italian Armory from Turin. 16th century.

Italian Armory from Turin. 16th century.

Europe. Breastplate chiseled and maqueada. Sixteenth century. Armory Turin. Coraza cincelada y maqueada del siglo XVI. Armeria de Turin.

Source: Galería del Arte Decorativo: Enciclopedia Universal de Trajes, Armas, Muebles, Arquitectura, Útiles Domésticos y Ornamentación de Todos los Tiempos. Editor: J. Aleu Fugarull, Barcelona 1824.