Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 112
d earlier. Two lotus flowers are here seen tied together;the general outline of the flower is only rendered whichwould enclose the sepals and petals when seen in a sideview. The lotus flower and bud alternating in a border orna-ment may be regarded as the prototype of the Greekpalmate borders. We… … Fig. 122.- Drawings of the Lotus from the Tomb of Ptah-Hotep. (P. & C.) the Rhodian pottery decoration. The shells and thetongue were originally the lotus calyx, and the Bg% orpebble the lotus bud. Other plants, as the thistle, convolvulus, daisy, vines, andgrapes, &c., were used very much…
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