Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 88
e, a pine-cone. The rosette is used with such frequency as to deserveto be called the Assyrian motive yar excellence. It ap-pears in every branch of Assyrian decoration, and inevery possible material. The pomegranate is moreexclusively Assjaian but less conspicuous by its fre-quency. All-over… … Fig. 71. Assyrian Vo-lutes. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT the palaces show how they were used, as muUions and assupports for pavilions. In these, as also in furniture,coupled volutes are favorite devices, and undoubtedly furnish the first step in the de-velopment of the Ionic capital(Fig. 71).
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