Arbor vitae : a book on the nature & development of imaginative design for the use of teachers, handicraftsmen & others (1910)
Blount, Godfrey · London : A.C. Fifield · leaf 115
finite variety of scroll patterns(Plate XXII., 3, 4, 5). And, secondly, if we turn two of these linesback to back, we shall discover how all those patterns are madewhich are called linen patterns (Plate XXII., 6). These scrolland linen patterns are available for inscriptions and other… … WE have seen how soon Greek artists deserted the direct guidanceof the spiral, and threw their strength into developing themore naturalistic art of the frieze. The line of spots orblobs, which is the earliest form of this method of decoration, becamein their hands a powerful source of tradition,…
Decoration and ornament
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