Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 145
Fig 49 The next development was inevitable. These S figures were evidentlymade to be interlocked ; and so, pruning them of some of their involutions, theywere interlocked and produced the borders given in figs. 50 and 50a. Fig. 50 is given by Owen Jones among the Greek ■ keys (No. 7 pi. XV) ;but it… … STUDIES IN THE DECORATIVE ART OF JAPAN 117 for the units of-design are S figures, and the space (Joes not meander, butmerges in the white hands above and below the design. Fig. 50a which I found on the walls of the Arena at Aries, is of course thesame design ; but the S figure is in white and…
Decoration and ornament
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