Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900) (14597876999)

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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Plate 289. Crowns, Coronets, &c. HERALDEY. 525
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Heraldic Accessories. Plate 290. 526 Heraldic Accessories. Heraldic Accessories. (Plate 290.) Under this title, we group such decorations as form do not an essen-tial part of the Coat, but rather give an artistic finish to it. The prin-cipal are: Supporters, Tents, Mottoes, &c. Supporters are figures of human beings, or animals: angels,knights, ladies, savages, lions, griffins, &c. On old tombstones andthe seals of knights, the possessor of the coat appears as the bearerof it. Supporting angels are usually placed behind the shield (figs. 1and 2). Ladies, knights, savages, &c., stand at the side of theshield, either singly, or in pairs; and the same rule applies to ani-mals (figs. 3 and 4). Tents are draperies in the form of a Baldacchino, serving as abackground for the Shield. The outside is generally purple, the in-side of ermine, and they are hung with golden tassels and fringes.Such accessories are only suited to the coats of Sovereigns, and Sta-tes; and are of comparat