Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 179
constitutes a type rather than a particular form of leaf. As compared with theGreek type, it is less massive, lesspointed, more minutely modeled;it suggests a larger, thinner, moreflexible and more complex leaf,with w^ell-developed eyes at thebases of the lobes and pipes orribs curving from these… … Fig. 177. Types ofAcanthus. 1 Or swag, as it is often called by English writers. 152 ROMAN ORNAMENT, II the same way, and the Romans varied the carved typealmost ad i7ifinitu7ii, so that it recalls various leaves, andmodern writers have given them fanciful names accord-ingly—the olive, palm,…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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