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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 408

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; PlateXXII, 5, 6). jNIosaic and inlay the Italians couldnever give up, and as their Gothic decoration was pre-eminently a decoration of surfaces, inlaid bands andpanels of colored marbles in geometric patterns appearperfectly in place alongside of Gothic pinnacles and trac-ery (Figure 394). The… … Fig. 388.—Cextral Portion, Facade of Cathedral of Orvieto

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