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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 242

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ng,cut into small blocks ordentils, often in tworows in which theblocks of one are op-posite the spaces of theother, as appears in thelower part of 1 in PlateXII. This moldingw^as especially used for framing the slabs of ;.narbleveneer, and contributed strongly to the general iffect ofa sparkling… … Fig. 225. Crosses and Anthej (Ons. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT modified forms, often exhibiting a singular reversiontowards earlier, long-forgotten types in Greek pottery.The artists of the sixth to twelfth centm*ies could hardlyhave known or even seen any antique Greek vases, andit is hard to explain…

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