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Evolution in art : as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1902)

Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London : W. Scott ; New York : C. Scribner's · leaf 164

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l orspiral was one of the greatest factors in the early develop-ment of ornament, and only second to the lotus in the partit played in the decorative ideas of the ancient world.What it symbolised, if symbolise anything it did, we knownot. Some affect to see in it a representation of thewanderings… … i■^

Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive

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