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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 148

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develop-ment of carved ornament the leaf was more and morehighly elaborated, ahnost always in association withvolutes or spiral scrolls, chiefly applied to one or an-other of four decorative uses: the anthemion-band, theCorinthian capital, carved stele-heads, and the carvedrinceau. The last three…

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