Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 278
the pearly surface of the flowers marry andswell the living garlands that here replace the abstractarabesque in which the inventive faculty of the Arabs ^ Pierre Loti, Vers I.ivahan. ISLAM 251 found its expression. Under the high ogive of thedoors framed with a crust of enamel, the dim glow… … Persia. Elephants fighting, miniature.{Musée des Arts Décoratifs.) honeycomb drip with stalactites. Sometimes theinterior of the cupolas sends forth flashes from platesof glass combined with prisms. It was in an ancient and forgotten period that thepeople spread on the walls the Persian carpets…
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