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Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles: an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art; being an outline of a course of sixteen lectures on that subject, originally prepared for the government schools of design in the years 1848, 1849, 1850 (1856)

Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877, Finden, A, F., A. F, Halliday, G, Hutton, M. M, Mateaux, G, Rees, M. R, S., H. M, Sheldrick, E, Sparling, H. M, Swallow, Jane F, Wheeler, S. A · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 40

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34 EGYPTIAN OlINAMENT. Fergusson, J. — Illustrations of the Rock-cut Temples of India. Fol. London, 1835. The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored ; an Essay on Ancient Assyrian and Persian Architecture. 8vo. London, 1851. Picturesque Illustrations of Ancient Architecture in Hindostan. Folio.… … Ruins at Thebes. The earliest style of ornament of which we know anything of material importance is the Egyptian, dating from about 1800 B.C., when it was already completely established ; and this is literally a hieroglyphic style in its sentiments and in its details ; both are derived from a…

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