Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900) (14597848129)

Identifier: handbookoforname1900meye (find matches)
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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cence, marble, Pisa Cathedral, Italian, (Kunsthandwerk). 4. Mediaeval, Double-desk with revolving shaft, end of 13th centuiy(Viollet-le-Duc). 5. Mediaeval, Upper part of Double-desk, (Viollet-le-Duc). 6. Renascence, Folding stand, cathedral, S. Gimignano, Italian, (Kunst-handwerk). 7. Modern decorative Easel, architect Durm, (Gewerbehalle). The Clock-Case, &c. (Plate 258.) The Clock-case, as a piece of furniture, is of comparatively recentdate, for the invention of the clock with a train of wheels is itselfnot old; and for some time after their introduction clocks were manu-factured without cases or, at any rate, without cases of artisticimportance. In the 17 th century, cases for protecting the worksagainst dust and for giving the clock a more pleasing aspect, beginto appear. The forms at first manufactured were chiefly two. Thefirst is that of the old-fashioned tall Hall-clock, something like thetoilet-stands (figs. 5 and 6), the upper part accommodating the clock 454 FURNITURE.
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Plate 257. The Desk, &c. The Clock-Case, &c. 455 and the lower part being destined for the weights. The other formis that of the dwarf drawing-room clock, the weights being replacedby springs, so that the case does not need to be so tall, and is onlydependent on the length of the pendulum. These clocks are placedon chimney-pieces, cabinets, &c., or on pedestals (fig. 1). A thirdform, which was added at a later date, is the hanging-case, intendedfor both weight and pendulum clocks. With more or less alterationthese forms, together with a number of innovations, are in use at thepresent time. Pendules and similar constructions are not taken intoaccount here. Clock-cases are mostly of wood, frequently decoratedwith gilding, and metal mounts. A special division, in respect ofmaterial, is formed by the clocks in Buhl - work. The dials, oflacquered wood, porcelain, metal, enamelled, in niello-work, &c., areoften bordered by a metal ring and closed by glass doors. Pendulumand