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