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The bases of design (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 194

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ses, which afford excellent authorities forthe costume of Persian warriors of that period.We see also the palm-leaf border, a primitive form,type and forerunner of a whole tribe of borderdesign. The rosette Is said to resemble the full-blown Star of Bethlehem, conspicuous among allother flowers,… … FRIEZE IN COLOURED AND GLAZED BRICKS, PALACE OF SUSA.FROM THE REPRODUCTION AT SOUTH KENSINGTON. THE CLIMATIC INFLUENCE prototype of the Moorish battlement, defined inbkie bricks above the figures, suggesting they areouardinof the citadel. The Moorish or Arabian form constantly occursas an…

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