"Cloisonne" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of women busied in cutting and setting slabs of artificial ruby, and next these were men and women busied together upon the slabs of copper net that formed the basis of cloisonne tiles. Many of these workers had lips and nostrils a livid white, due to a disease caused by a peculiar purple enamel that chanced to be much in fashion. Asano apologised to Graham for the offence of their faces, but excused himself on the score of the convenience ...
— When the Sleeper Wakes • Herbert George Wells
... fortune!" I cried, gazing about me at the splendors of the room, which even to a cursory inspection revealed themselves as of priceless value. "That cloisonne jar over by the fireplace is worth ...
— Mrs. Raffles - Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman • John Kendrick Bangs
... think this simple enough; easily tested on any illuminated manuscript, Arab, Persian, or Byzantine; verified by any Oriental rug, old or new; freely illustrated by any Chinese pattern on a Ming jar, or cloisonne vase; and offering a kind of alphabet for the shop-window of a Paris modiste. A strong red; a strong and a weak yellow; a strong and a weak purple; a strong and a weak green, are all to be tied together, given their values, and held in their places by blue. The thing ...
— Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres • Henry Adams
... the differences and similarities in enamelled work, to observe the three general forms in which it is employed; these are, the cloisonne, the champleve, and the painted enamel. There are many subdivisions of these classifications, but for our purpose ...
— Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages • Julia De Wolf Addison |
