Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 190
with minute tesserae or roughly squared fragments ofcolored marble, tile or other ma-terial, set in patterns usually ofa plain field with a decorative bor-der in the larger rooms, though insmaller rooms all-over patternswere not uncommon (Plate XI,9, 11, 12). Outside of Rome, inAsia Minor and in… … Fig. 193. Ornaments,Bronze and Gold. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT served in the Naples jNIuseum (see page 182). Figure189 illustrates a floor pattern of swastikas from ahouse in Pompeii. There are some fine examples in thejNIuseum of Constantinople. Fig. 190 shows a detailof the mosaic floor of a Roman…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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