Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 135
d in Fig. 139; ^ but it is equally likelythat the scale-ornament was derived from the use offeathers, scales in armor, or other like industrial im-brications. (■ This derivation was first pointed out in Comptes-rendus de la SocieteCentrale dArchitectes for 1875, and later elaborated by Professor W.… … Fig. 139. Evoludok of Egg-and-Dart. an independent motive is never used except in laterinceaUiV. The scrolls of anthemion frames and linkssometimes branch twice or even three times, as in Fig.133, but never more than this. Alexandrian and Apulian Pottery. The Alexandrian age brought in a new taste…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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