Thirteenth-Century Enamel

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Medallion showing an openwork, gilt harpy-like figure and a border of blue enamel

Thirteenth-century enamel.

Artist

Name:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Dates:: 1814-1879
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Levié, Jacob (aka Adolphe Levié)
Format:: Tondo
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance, vol. 2
Author:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Publisher:: Paris: Vve A. Morel et Cie., 1874
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Description:

Medallion featuring an openwork, gilt harpy-like figure in its center, surrounded by a border of blue enamel enhanced with foliated scrolls.

The caption reads in the original French: Émaux du XIII^e siècle.

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