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Heraldry and floral forms as used in decoration; (1922)

Cole, Herbert · London & Toronto, J. M. Dent & Sons ltd.; New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 246

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s less dependent upon it and can exist more easily apart from it thanis the case in other styles. With the exception of the large temples their buildings are woodenshells of no great permanence; not so with the structures built byWestern peoples, theirs being made of stone and brick are of a… … we consider that a Japanese house can be taken to pieces like un-folding or folding a set of screens, the intimate connection betweenarchitecture and decoration in our part of the world can be morereadily understood. We ought, therefore, to judge Chinese and Japanese decorationfrom a different…

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