Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 207
-ject of some controversy. Derived etymologically from carta = paper, theword may have crept into decorative terminology either through the prac-tice of decorating or heading cartels (challenges) and important paperswith the arms or escutcheon of the sender, or through the decorativequality of the… … Fig. 105.—Three Gaixes: from aFlorentine Cabinet; fromVilla Papa Giulio, Rome;Canephora, Caprarola Gardens.
Decoration and ornament
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