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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar71910newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Fairy Screen and candle shades surface, and this is bound l)y lead, iron, copper or brass frame-work, which binds the applied Mosaic on all outside edges; this frame-work always being raised above the flat glass surface so as to permit its hold- ing the applied material, and is an added precaution to make a very firm and lasting work. The final treatment of all articles in Marine Mosaic relative to their final purpose comes under another head, so it is sufficient here to treat only of the practical working of this medium. The preliminary framed panels are then placeti in their respective ornamental settings. All articles ap- pearing curved are in the beginning made upon flat surfaces so designed and put together in their indi- vidual frames and the de- sign of Mosaic applied is so chosen and selected that the thickness of material used really molds the outside surface, thus giv- ing the impression of a curved article. For in- stance, in a lamp dome, it will be constructed of a twelve-sided base, more or less, and then upon this polygon, instead of a cir- cle for a base, truncated triangles of clear glass frames are welded to- gether, thus forming the Hat surfaces upon which the Mosaic is to be ren- dered. In the centre of each panel or side, a heavy or thick medium is chosen, while toward the outer edge more delicate selec- tion is allowed. In render- ing effects of curved sur- faces, the artist has to plan his design, his metal frames, the material to be used and color scheme, all to come into one practical and well-balanced en- semble. The medium adapts
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Fruit dish, grape pattern itself wonderfully to the effects of perspective which is to a great de- gree lost in stained glass. In Marine Mosaic, this effect is produced by the gradation of density and t)y selection of sizes of one particular medium. For example, if a distant sea view is desired, the glass selected for the predominating color is so chosen that the grad- ual increase or diminu- tion in size gives the un- usual effect of distance by the graded density of tone. Again, if distant

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