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scroll springiDg from the lower part, 
swelling outwards and folding in- 
wards. At the completion of the scroll 
a new member is started in the form 
of another scroll, which is turned in 
an opposite direction ; then the two 
scrolls are tied together, and the leaves 
are thrown out so as to fill up the empty 
spaces. 
Fig. 4 is a drawer front. The design is 
composed of georretrical bandings over- 
lapping each other and forming panels 
which are carved, incised or left plain. 
Ih the centre, space should be left for the 
handle. 
This design may also be used as a 
panel design for 
doors or wainscot, 
or other suitable 
places. 
The bracket (Fig. 
3) is capped with a 
moulding consist- 
ing of the ogee and 
chamfer mouldings. 
These two members 
g are most frequently 
« met with in good 
^ work. In preparing 
Moorish mouldings 
it is well to avoid 
2 the more common 
curves, such, for in- 
^ stance, as can be 
struck out with a 
^.^ compass from one 
S centre like the quad- 
rant of torus, and 
rather to adopt the 
more subtle lines, 
such as ogees and 
the conic sections. 
We have seen Clas- 
sic mouldings em- 
ployed upon mod- 
ern Moorish work; 
but although they may suit the eclectic 
taste of some, they are certainly not 
true to style. We hope that these few 
sketches and suggestions will be useful 
to those amateur carvers who are anxious 
to become acquainted with Moresque 
Art. 
Glass Making in Ancient Times. 
N the various branches of in- 
dustry which has been attri- 
buted to the ancient Egyx'>tians, 
superiority is particularly to be 
noticed in the case of their glass manu- 
factures, from the specimens which have 
come down to posterity. Thus, in the 
monumental works executed in the time 
of the Pharaohs, we find, in addition to 
glass vases of ordinary shape, small 
vases (both dull and transparent) orna- 
mented with the richest and most diversi- 
fied colors, which bear witness to con- 
siderable progress in artistic decoration. 
The form of the lotus-fiower in outline 
and other tasteful ornamentation, in blue 
on a white ground, is found in these 
specimens ; likewise jars with waved or 
zig-zag lines in white on blue, or in yel- 
low on a light blue ground, have been 
found amongst specimens of ancient 
Egyi)tian ware. 
In giving some comprehensive details 
on the subject, the Revue Industrielle 
alludes to a small terra cotta figure 
representing a lion, which may be seen 
in the Louvre, the eyes of which (formed 
of incrusted glass) have a life-like expres- 
sion about them. That the Egyptians 
were acquainted with the art of glass- 
blowing would seem established by the 
sculptures found in the grotto of Beni 
Hassan-el-Gadim, dating from a period 
seventeen centuries before the Christian 
era. In these the process of glass-mak- 
ing is represented in a clear manner. In 
the vicinity of the Salt Lake there have 
also been found remains of an ancient 
glass-making establishment. The in- 
dustry seems, however, to have concen- 
trated itself in the vicinity of Alexandria. 
According to Strabo, the glass factories 
did not require to obtain the necesary 
materials for their industry from the 
territory of the Phoenicians, but they 
used a so-called "glass-making earth," 
found in Egypt, and without which the 
manufacture of glass so rich in ornament 
and in variety of color would have been 
impracticable. 
Etruscan glass decoration, it is re- 
marked, has in sonie points a resem- 
