Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 52
ult to differen-tiate between these five forms of Oriental design if we bear inmind that— Persian art was mythological and assimilated much of theAssyrian and Egyptian. In 641 A. D. Persia was conquered bythe Saracens, and from that period its art was dominated by thedictates of the Mohammedan… … of Phoenicia and the Holy Land, Assyria,Babylonia and Chaldea. Religion Mo-hammedan. Indian design from 500 B. C. to 1748had been Buddhist, and the laws of theKoran never affected Indian art. Arabian is purely Mohammedan and the Moorish descends from the Arabian. At the very outstart our study of…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament · Interior decoration
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