Jeypore Enamels [Hardcover]

About The Book : This book describe that art of enamelling on metal is successfully practiced in many parts of India, but it is universally acknowledged that the best work on gold is produced at Jeypore, in Rajputana. The colours employed rival the tints of the rainbow in purity and brilliancy, and they are laid on the gold by the Jeypore artists with such exquisite taste that there is never a want of harmony; even when jewels are also used they serve but to enhance the beauty of the enamel. All who see the gold enamel work of Jeypore admire the beautiful designs in which it is carried out. It is with the view of placing some of these designs on record, and affording everyone the opportunity of seeing them, that this collection has been made. About The Author : Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, KCIE, CVO (14 January 1841 – 4 December 1917), known as Sir Swinton Jacob,[1] was a British Army officer and colonial engineer, architect and writer, best known for the numerous Indian public buildings he designed in the Indo-Saracenic style.Colonel Thomas Holbein Hendley CIE (1847 – 1917) was a British medical officer in the Indian Medical Service and an amateur authority on Indian art.He studied at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, where he was the gold medallist. He entered the Indian Medical Service as an assistant surgeon in October 1869, after taking his diplomas, and rose steadily until reaching the rank of Colonel in 1894, which he held until his retirement. From 1873 to 1897 he was the Residency Surgeon of Jaipur, and from 1894 to 1897 the Administrative Medical Officer for Rajputana. In 1897 he was appointed Inspector-General of Hospitals in the North-West Provinces, moving to the same post in Bengal the following year and remaining there until 1903, when he retired. The Title 'Jeypore Enamels written/authored/edited by Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, ‎Thomas Holbein Hendley', published in the year 2018. The ISBN 9788121214438 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 71 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Arts, Film & Photography / Architecture. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-