Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 131
themoment I cannot assume it, as if these bars or borders stand in the same relationto crooks or half elements as the central stem (fig. lOffl) does to the wholeelement from which the diapers are constructed. This remains to beproved. I have proceeded in my argument so cautiously up to the present,… … Fig. 28. 104 Studies /.v the decorative art of japan This is actually among the key -borders given byOwen Jones (pi. XV, No. 17), and is said to have come fromthe coffers of the ceiling of the Propylaea at Athens. Thelearned author describes it as two keys placed one abovethe other, running in…
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