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Traditional methods of pattern designing; an introduction to the study of the decorative art (1910)

Christie, Archibald H · Oxford : Clarendon press · leaf 124

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OF FLORAL ELEMENTS 121 specially be directed. This is the pomegranate, of which typical examples may be seen in the two larger flowers painted upon the fine Damascus tile … shown in Fig. 118. The pomegranate occurs with considerable variation of form, sometimes being treated very naturalistically in a beautiful free style of drawing, whilst other examples are so formalized and ornamented that there is difficulty in identifying

Decoration and ornament

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