Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 57
ent of a purely abstract character.After the Saracen conquest, resultant upon thepreaching of Muhammad, we find Arabic inscriptionsfreely introduced as part of the general decorativemotive. Gold thread is lavishly used, and, togetherwith an admixture of colour, usually forms thepattern, upon a… … DAMASK IN SILK AM) GOLD (SARACENIC,ELEVENTH TO THIRTEENTH CENTURY).
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