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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 105

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e 94) perhapsconverging towards the cuttlefish (Figure 92) ; therosette, both carved andpainted (see Figure 89) ; tliedouble-branched volute recall-ing tlie lotus trilobe (Figure94, (?) ; a peculiar variant ofthe guilloche (or the currentscrolls) shown in Fig. 95, aand in the detail of Figure… … Fig. 95. a. CruREXT Scrotx,TiRYxs; h, Vase Ornamext, MYCEXiE. iEGEAN AND ASIATIC Figs. 96 and 97 show various Na-ture-forms, apparently derivedfrom marine life; Fig. 97 is a vasefrom lalyssos bearing a squid as its ^chief ornament. The cuttlefish Wsquid, dolphin (?), and sea-weed (^are common,…

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