Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 109
ination, to assist in the general outline and effect.This use of the cartouch seems to be derived from the escutcheon and itsheraldic ensigns, and the influence of those armorial bearings in the stormyperiods of their assumption. Strap-work, also, is a term used as fitly aswords can be used in… … Council-chamber of Courtray. THE ELIZABETHAN. 105 tion, its symmetry, and the exact way in which each line seems to fit itsplace. It would be interesting to follow to its origin this strap-work,used so largely in Saracenic ornament as to suggest the Arab love andadmiration of the horse of the…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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