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Title: Intarsia and Marquetry

Author: F. Hamilton Jackson

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Language: English

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INTARSIA AND MARQUETRY

OTHER VOLUMES OF THE SERIES

By the same Author

Mural Painting--the Decoration of the Wall Surface by means of
Paint

Mosaic and Marble Inlay for Floor, Wall, and Vault

HANDBOOKS FOR THE DESIGNER AND
CRAFTSMAN

INTARSIA AND MARQUETRY

BY

F. HAMILTON JACKSON

EXAMINER TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN PRINCIPLES
OF ORNAMENT

_With Illustrations from Photographs and from Drawings
and Tracings by the Author_

LONDON
SANDS & COMPANY
1903

PRINTED BY
WILLIAM HODGE AND COMPANY
GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH

CONTENTS

PAGE

HISTORICAL NOTES--ANTIQUITY, 1

ITALY IN MEDIAEVAL AND RENAISSANCE TIMES, 8

THE CLOISTERED INTARSIATORI AND THEIR PUPILS, 55

IN GERMANY AND HOLLAND, ENGLAND AND FRANCE, 84

THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE, 104

THE LIMITATIONS AND CAPABILITIES OF THE ART, 118

WORKSHOP RECEIPTS, 133

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE

1. Patterns used in Borders, _facing page_ 8

2. Various Patterns of Borders, " 9

3. Chair Back from S. Ambrogio, Milan, " 10

4. Door of the Sala del Papa, Palazzo Comunale, Siena, " 13

5. The Prophet Amos. Figure intarsia from the }
Sacristy of the Cathedral, Florence, }
6. The Annunciation. Figure intarsia from the } _between pages
Sacristy of the Cathedra