The ornament in the panel of the back of the chair is inlaid work box or ash stained to a greenish black to represent green ebony, with a few small pieces of rich red wood then in great favour; and, says Mr. G. T. Robinson, to whose article mentioned above we are indebted for the description, "probably brought by some buccaneer from the West."

They reminded me very much of the Alhambra, only, instead of the honeycomb vaulted ceilings, and arches decorated in stucco by the Moors, the Eastern architect inlaid his ceilings with an extraordinary incrustation of glass, usually silvered on the back, but also frequently coloured, and giving a strange effect of mother-o'-pearl inlay, bordering on tawdriness when examined in detail.

THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY: Leonardo da Vinci and RaffaeleChurch of St. Peter, contemporary great artistsThe Italian PalazzoMethods of gilding, inlaying and mounting Furniture-Pietra-dura and other enrichmentsRuskin's criticism.

ENCAUSTIC PAINTING, an ancient style of decorative art somewhat similar to enamelling, which consisted in overlaying the surface (e. g. of walls) with wax, then inlaying a coloured design, the whole being subsequently polished.

Where did the gold come from that had been used to inlay the ivory?

Where the wood had separated as it dried, Nakashima had inlaid butterfly keys to prevent the splits from widening.

The Renaissance has invaded this church too, and flowery inlaid marbles with gilded scroll balconies (it is a nuns' church) mingle with the bold discs and oblong panels of porphyry and green serpentine.

He would inlay the hingesa pain in the neckbut the brass would be fine with the walnut.

When his majesty Shahjahan Sahib Kiran built the auspicious fort, and the great mosque, and caused the walls of the city to be built; and inlaid the peacock throne with precious stones, and erected his tent, made of gold and silver brocade; and Nawwab' Ali Mardan Khan cut the canal [to Dilli]; then the king, being pleased, made great rejoicings, and constituted the city his capital.

He introduced occasionally animals with foliated extremities into his scrolls, and he also inlaid marqueterie trophies of musical instruments; but as a rule the decoration was in wreaths of flowers, husks, or drapery, in strict adherence to the fashion of the decorations to which allusion has been made.

At the opposite end, closing the central aisle, was a low narrow platform raised by two steps carved out of the natural rock, but inlaid with jewellery imitating closely the variegated turf of a real garden.

This mania for inlaying her writing with French scraps rises with her Ladyship to a species of insanity.