A cross bar had its centre fixed on a little pillar and from this point of junction there branched off at right angles a short of channel two caps containing twists of horse hair stood at the extremities of the cross bar two small beams were fastened to them to hold the extremities of a rope which was brought to the bottom of the channel upon a tablet of bronze - Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert

It only remains to add that the gentlemen did call at the Great House on the following morning where their humiliation was complete if we may judge by an alabaster tablet set up in the portico of the Assembly Rooms where it remained until the other day when alas - The Passionate Elopement by Compton Mackenzie

Vase painting wall painting tablet and sculpture painting were all done with a decorative motive in view - A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John C. Van Dyke