Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 74
WATTLED FENCE. volute was metal in the form of the thin beatenplates with which the primitive Greeks covered 52 TUK UTILITY P.ASIS AND INFLUKNCEparts of their interior walls ; but these were latertimes, and it is also possible that the primitive … ANCIENT VOLUTE ORN.\MENT. metal worker took his motive from the wattlingtoo. Before metal was used, or nails or joinery wereknown,the methodof fastening two things together, 53 THE UTILITY BASIS AND INFLUENCEsuch as the blade of a stone axe or hammer andits handle, was by thonging or tying them…
Decoration and ornament
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