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… … the purposes of ornament would appear to becoeval with the earliest efforts of decorativeart. The flower, from the luxuriant profusionand symmetrical arrangement of its nmnerouspetals, and the leaf, from the breadth andexpansive boldness of its contour, would,naturally, suggest an application for…
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