l art in the conventional spirit of various periods. Egyp- noisseurs. They were executed about the year 1633. tians in their architecture used papyrus and the lotus. The Greeks Grinling Gibbons, an eminent English sculptor and wood carver, designed their foliage from the acanthus and honeysuckle.… … of Indian carving is very pleasing to the eye. The values seem to be in the design of the fret, and not in the rendering of the surface. The by Charles II to a place in the board of works, and employed in the ornament is generally brought out in fret form. If there are any ornamental carving of the…
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