Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 331
348.—Mausoleumat Cairo. 310 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. … Fig. 349. —Mosque of Kait Bey, Cairo. (L.-P.) Wooden frames are often used in the construction ofdomes which support the plaster work. Some domes are SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT. 311 built with slabs of stones on which a geometric pattern iscarved on the outside (Figs. 348, 349); these are…
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