Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 70
nvolvulus,grapes, and thistle occur inornament; also other plant forms not always recogniz-able. jNIany rosette and leaf forms are probably mereconventional ornament types, not intended to portrayparticular plants. The spiked ornament of Figure 44 6 In the Grammar of the Lotus, Prof. Goodyear… … Fro. 46. Cajipaxiform Cap-ital, Karxak. A HISTORY OF ORXAMENT is identified by Flinders-Petrie as well as Goodyear, asa lotus with the central sepal exaggerated. This doesnot seem convincing: it is too persistent and uniforma motive in late art, and too unlike the lotus to warrantthis explanation…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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