Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 116
-ings in which foliage ornament was intro-duced were much used; chimerical animalswere also introduced, but in the fourteenthcentury the decoration was so extravagant thatfinally it so lost its purity of line that it becameto a great degree meaningless./ Symbolism was the inspiring motif. The…
Decoration and ornament -- History · Interior decoration
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