DECORATOR S ASSISTANT. 121 n Illustrated (ffiflossarj) of ^ecT^nical^crmg; tisetr in ^rcljitectural antiInterior Becoration. (Continued from page 111.) Ceres (in the archaeology of the fine arts),the goddess presiding over husbandry. Inpainting and sculpture she is represented as ayoung woman of… … who cultivated the earth. In antique sculp-tures, Ceres was represented as a tall, majesticwoman, with golden hair, surmounted by earsof corn. Her right hand filled with poppiesand wheat, and her left grasping a lightedtorch. For an illustration of the figure of thisgoddess, see the initial letter…
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