ere is no doubt VII. that we are indebted to the East for the original use Oriental of flowers as decorative elements, for not only are 1 c many of our floral patterns of Oriental form, but many of our decorative plants are themselves of exotic growth, many coming from Syria and Persia. Oriental… … FIG. 112. that we can clearly distinguish Western reflections of many phases of Eastern art. We can follow very closely the development of the new ideas of design which arose in the West as a result of the rise of Mohammedanism, and we can watch the effect produced in later times by the growth of…
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