le, which we givefrom classical authority; its variations are sonumerous, as almost to preclude the possibilityof transferring them to our pages. The more striking and elegantly combinedportions of thisstyle of enrichment, for friezes,cornices, andscroll-work, weshall occasionally insert, as… … the next subject to which we shall directattention, namely, the lotus or water-lily. THE decorators ASSISTANT. 61 As a favourite ornament, the lotus appearsto have heen common to most of the nations ofantiquity. A very general opinion has pre-vailed that its original adoption it due to…
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