320 INTERLACING BAND-DESIGNS VIII. As may be supposed, all designers of knots have Knot- not conformed strictly to the purest forms of struc- work of turej wnich demand the consistent interweaving of design ai eac^ individual cord or band throughout the whole design. Besides lapses of continuity… … FIG. 377. introduced in order to avoid over-complication at certain points, an example of which may be seen in the border of the inlaid panel just mentioned, there are in knot-work of all periods many instances of careless composition or of ill-understood reproduc- tion of older designs. There are…
Decoration and ornament
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