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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York : The Century co. · leaf 314

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) is the simplest and most vigorous, the imitation of natural forms least literal. In the Developed Period design and execution are finer, ornament more profuse and more naturalistic, and window tracery (and in England vault-ribbing also) became more important elements in the decorative scheme. In… … Fig. 295. Decorative Gable with carved adjuncts and de- over a Window, Cologne. 284

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