Border of an Ancient Mosaic

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Border of an ancient mosaic — Border of an ancient mosaic kept at the museum of Naples.

Artist

Name:: Unknown

Illustration

Subject:: Ornaments & patterns
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Landscape (wider)

Periodical

Title:: Le magasin pittoresque, vol. 8
Author(s):: Collective work
Publisher:: Paris: Édouard Charton, 1840

Description

Detail of an ancient Roman mosaic made of a foliated design with volutes, and a border with geometrical patterns.
The caption reads in the original French: Bordure d’une mosaïque ancienne conservée au musée de Naples.

Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, antiquity, art, black & white, foliate, Italy, Le magasin pittoresque, periodical, Rome, volute