be ob-tained for the fertile fancy of the decorator.The starting points generallj^ adopted by theancient Egyptians, had for their basis the cupsand stalks of various plants—the cups mostfrequently being taken from the flower of thelotus or water lily, an engraving and descrip-tion of which we have… … Fig. 3 is another description of lily, usedgenerally as a double starting point; that is tosa}^, confining the two stems running trans-verse to each other; the basin or flower be-hind is the portion to be attached to it ifrequisite.
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