Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : George Bell and Sons · leaf 217
races, and which was apparently carried by chap. vi. them, or from them, into Europe ; reappearing °* Persian, Greek, Roman, and Renascence influence in in Design work in all manner of variations, remaining a typical horizontal border motive to our own day. The lotus appears in sculptured Assyrian… … recurring border motive in the rosette, which has a rich and sumptuous effect, closely filled in this way. Then comes in the palmette, or tree of life, while the centre filling, a network formed of a six-petalled flower form, again recalls the suggested textile origin of the ornamental motive of…
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