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 26
* … O CHAPTER OME . ^ THE 5PIRAL- THE waving line, or zigzag, is a form of ornament that occurs,openly or in disguise, in the arts of all nations and of alltimes. It appears to be a mode of motion, a gesture or anexpression in every kingdom and scale of life. The wind, the waves,and the clouds take its…
Decoration and ornament
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