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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 191

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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… … FiG. 194. Under Side of Silver Vase, Hildesheim Treasure. ment of houses were of marble and bronze, and of these,together with the smaller utensils and furnishings inbronze, we have many examples in the various museums.As, however, the great majority of these are fromPompeii, they will be briefly…

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