Styles of ornament, exhibited in designs, and arranged in historical order, with descriptive text. A handbook for architects, designers, painters, sculptors, wood-carvers, chasers, modellers, cabinet-makers and artistic locksmiths as well as also for technical schools, libraries and private study (1910)
Speltz, Alexander, O'Conor, David · New York : E. Weyhe · leaf 213
u J ^ Ij ft 14 j I l£i ^ft P tP T P QL Jr*^ f f Tf (^ ^ fPi t-ft=j ffi I^Tl i i 1 i U y aj J 202 MAHOMETAN ORNAMENT. Plate 114. … MAHOMETAN ORNAMENT. 203 Arabian Ornament. Towards the middle of the 9th century the Islamites developed in Egypt a characteristicstyle of art of which the pointed arch was the distinguishing feature. Plate 112. Fig. 1—5. Columns and capitals from Cairo, 17th century (Prisse dAvennes, la decoration…
Decoration and ornament
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
