Show Ancient Decorations Shell crystalline spar bone and ivory were all employed by the an- an ancients an an- ancients ancients for far architectural decoration On these hard substances the col- col colorists colorists colorists could produce excellent de de- signs The thin film of color how how- however however however ever was not durable durable it it soon wore away and light places showed through Since those days modern modem methods of decoration include certain certain certain tain tt to set the colors and the tho steeping of small articles made from such dense substances in a adye adye adye dye bath for several hours |