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Studies in the decorative art of Japan (1910)

Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 135

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as the central stemdoes to the whole element in the diapers is, therefore, borne out. We mustnow see whether what has been done in this simple case produces the sameresults in the case of other keys. Fig. 34 is given as a Greek key by Owen Jones (pi. XV, No. 2), andhe calls it the raking fret,… … Fig. .,4. I have a treated it in the same way as fig. 26, and as before, the fish-bonearrangement of the pakwa, but set at an angle, appears. The returned ends ofthe elements are lengthened to 3 units. The inclination of the lines merelyshews that the Greeks, like the Chinese occasionally sought…

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