84 CLASSIFICATION OF PATTERNS of design were brought together (see Figs. 26 to 29), but it must not be assumed that ornament of this or any other special type is always the exclusive property of any particular place or period. Patterns showing finely drawn flowing forms of very similar character… … FIG. 79. the ornament carved upon a stone pilaster from the ruined Mohammedan city of Gaur in Bengal, a portion of which is drawn in Fig. 79, is of the same type. The examination of work done in former times X. Sugges- is instructive and suggestive in many ways. It tive value opens up the…
Decoration and ornament
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