Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 154
sed on the Maison Carrie, shews that itwas considered by the Romans as among the best of the Greek border designs ;and that Owen Jones was right in including other borders in which this featureappears among his examples of the Greek key at its best. I must not multiply unduly tlie examples of the… … Fig. 56. TJUjijr Fig. 57. STUDIES IN THE DECORATIVE ART OF JAPAN. 127 This square ornament must have had a peculiar fascination for the Greeks,for we are perpetually coming across it; and it was developed in a peculiarlygrotesque fashion, two, and sometimes three, of the sides being prolonged…
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