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Title: Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849-
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Art objects
Publisher: New York, B. Hessling
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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ese arts. Modern times have with justice devoted increased attention tothese objects; and have restored them to the domain of art from whichvarious causes had excluded them for almost a century. The plate gives a small selection from the copious material tobe found in museums and publications. Plate 117. The Decorated Hinge, &c. 1. Gothic hinge, church-door, Viersen near Cologne, 15th century. 2—3. Plain terminations of hinges, Hefner - Alteneck collection, 16th century.4—5. Terminations of hinges. Town-hall, Miinster. 6. Termination of hinge, Prie-dieu, Gelnhausen, 15th century,(Musterornamente). 7. Gothic hinge, Door of a cabinet, Town-hall, Zwolle. 8. Gothic hinge. 9. Renascence hinge, old Kaufhaus, on the Limmat, Ziirich, 1618. 10. Renascence hinge, Town-hall, Augsburg, 17th century, (Muster-ornamente). 11. Renascence hinge. Door in Ettlingen, United collections, Carls-ruhe. 12. Door-hinge, German, 1580, Free imitation by Prof. Storck,(Zeichenvorlagen). FREE ORNAMENTS. 187
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The Decorated Hinge, &c. Plate 117. 188 The Tassel. — The Fringe, and the Valence. The Tassel. (Plate 118.) The chief contributions of textile art to the group of Free-oma-ments are Tassels, Fringes, and Laces. The two latter are currentedgings, the first, on the contrary, are the termination of the lowerend of cords or of shaped draperies. Thus we find Tassels used onGirdles, Bell-pulls, and Curtain - holders; as pendants from Flags,Standards, Valences, Cushions, Table-covers, Palls, and Tent-covers;also on Pouches, Hoods, Caps, Harness, &c. The Tassel consists of a tuft of threads or cords, hanging straightdown from a core of wood, turned in various profiles, and decoratedwith twisted threads. The original may be assumed to have beenthe cord with a simple knot, the knot being intended to keepthe cord from ravelling-out. The Tassel is undoubtedly of greatantiquity. The reliefs found in Khorsabad, Niniveh, and elsewhere,show that the Assyrians were great admirers of such kin

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