High o'er the chequer'd vault with transient glow Bright lustres dart, as dash the waves below; And Echo's sweet responsive voice prolongs The dulcet tumult of their silver tongues.
He will see lustres on the lustre-wares beyond what mere sunlight can give, and the huge dragons, deer, and horned birds on the Moresque-Spanish dishes will link the culture of 1882 with the barbaric mediaeval mythology.
Golden, yellow, brown and opalescent lustres were also freely used at Gubbio, the ruby being only sparingly applied.
There can scarcely be a doubt that the ancient lustres of Persia, Syria and Spain were believed to be a form of gilding, though their decorative effect was much more beautiful than gilding has ever been.
Des quatre temps se font les ans, des ans se font les last four yeres and lustres fyve, of lustres ben made the fyfteene yeres, of olimpiades et lustres, des lustres se font les indicions, des indicions ben made the c.
I remember that when you used to come to us for the summer holidays, or simply a visit, it always seemed to be fresher and brighter in the house, as though the covers had been taken off the lustres and the furniture.
The floors irritated him with their brilliant polish, the lustres on the chandelier irritated him, and he was reminded for some reason of the story of the merchant who used to go to the baths with a medal on his neck.
Lustres holding many candles were used on festive occasions, and four or six lights were often set in branches on either side of mirrors.
Dart round the globe from Zembla to the Line; O'er each dark prison plays the cheering light, Like northern lustres o'er the vault of night.
As he reached the landing he saw that the ballroom doors were open and all the lustres lit.
But her eyes gave out the vivid rays that noise and banter always struck from them; her face, at such moments, was like a theatre with all the lustres blazing.
Be careful in drying lustres as the color will pulverize if the heat is too strong.
It is not advisable to apply painting colors over lustres as the combination is not a success.
Lustres applied over fired Matt colors will produce a rich metallic effect which harmonizes beautifully with gold and paste work.
Hawthorne berries and leaves may be treated in Lustres as follows: Berries, Silver Lustre centres shaded with Dark Green Lustre.
Lustres applied over liquid bright gold will be very brilliant, but richer effects are obtained over Roman gold.
See chapter on use of Lustres for complete color treatment and chapter on conventional style painting for uses to whichlustres may be applied.
Copper decorations on lustres are more satisfactory if the lustre is fired.
The lustres would be spoiled if turpentine or oil was used as they spread too easily.
Silver lustresover light fire tints will have a frosted appearance, which is very effective combined with turquoise enamels and gold and paste work.
Fired tints and lustres can be removed with hydrofluoric acid.
Lustres dry quickly and therefore should be padded without delay.
It does not injure the gold or colors—but the ink lines can be seen when lustres are applied over them.
These lustres are applied with most advantage upon chocolate and other dark grounds.
The silver and platina lustres are usually laid upon a white ground, while those of gold and copper, on account of their transparency, succeed only upon a coloured ground.
When marbling is to be given to stoneware, the lustres of gold, platina, and iron are used at once, which blending in the fusion, form veins like those of marble.
There were smiling faces and good wishes at the breakfast-table, and the shifting lustres of blazing fires upon the dark walls and evergreens and wax-white mistletoe.
The lights in the candelabra with the lions' feet and the big crystal lustres were burning in the garden room.
With various lustres these light up the world, Which Death puts out, and darkens human race.
And in its deepest meaning of absolute dependence and happy confidence, faith abides through all the glories and the lustres of the heavens, as it burns amidst the dimnesses and the darknesses of earth.
And, more than all, the handsomest women in Ireland were decked out in silks and satins and all the family jewels, and they sparkling like the lustres above their heads.
St. Patrick's Hall was all of a blaze with wax candles and flambeaux, and shining mirrors set in with gilt Cupids, and twinkling of fairy lights in the great glass lustres and their glittering chains of drops and pendants.
I know ye skilful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy Into rude and homely nooks, Shed mocking lustres on shelf of books, On farmer's byre, on pasture rude, And stony pathway to the wood.
When all their blooms the meadows flaunt To deck the morning of the year, Why tinge thylustres jubilant With forecast or with fear?
Her hair was cushioned and powdered; she looked comely and stately, and wore her lustres well.
Handsome lustres had superseded the lanterns with their tallow candles, the boxes were hung with bright silk draperies, and a canopy of the same drawn up in the form of a tent, covered the whole ball-room.
Diamonds on all the women, jewels and orders on all the men, magnificent lustres and mirrors, and a capital band of music in the gallery.
Lustres of all shades, crystalline, star, and crackle glazes with safe methods of oxidizing and reducing in the fire, have been brought to perfection.
Lustres applied with skill and restraint enhance the most beautiful glaze, but in unskilled hands they inevitably vulgarize and cheapen.
The bismuth and other lustres made by the modern potter are combinations of metallic oxides and resinates dissolved in ethereal oils.
In the last few years lustres have been brought to such perfection, in preparation, application, and firing, that accident is practically eliminated.
This era is chiefly notable for its splendid ruby lustres and the remarkable power and freedom, amounting to absolute abandon, of the brushwork and drawing shown by its artists.
With these the lustres were fired in a reducing atmosphere, one supercharged with combustible gases, the metals decomposed and fixed to the semifluxed glaze.
With low-firing lustres the pots may even touch each other.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lustres" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
