Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 147
Fig. 165.—Detail of Embroidery ; from Layard. (P. & C.) colours before they were insertea into the clay cement;so they form a kind of terra-cotta mosaic work [Loftits).The land of Chaldea was devoid of stone for building 125 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. purposes, but extremely rich in immense banks of… … a; ■art o J3 o O Q c/; oo bC English foot square, and about four inches in thickness;of a dark red colour to light yellow. Nearly all ofthem have an inscription with the name of the king, &c.(Fig. 169). CHALDEAN AND ASSYRIAN ART. 127 The brick from Erech, or ancient Warka, gives a goodidea of…
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