Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 137
gn, fig. 38, is one of these borders, which I found at Nikko. Ihave continued the lines in the same way as in the case of the Greek frets, and itwillbe seen that the unit of design is a pair of simple pakwa elements, withoutthe central limb, set b;ick-to-back, the returned ends being 4 units, and… … drawing. It gives us the elementary diaper fig. 5, elaborated ; and the fillet isthe same as that given in fig. 25, as resulting from the diaper fig. 15. But thisis not a continuous meander, for it is broken by the vertical lines, which disturbits effect. Indeed, if we turn once more to fig. 24, it…
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