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Identifier: stylesofornament00spel (find matches)
Title: Styles of ornament, exhibited in designs, and arranged in historical order, with descriptive text. A handbook for architects, designers, painters, sculptors, wood-carvers, chasers, modellers, cabinet-makers and artistic locksmiths as well as also for technical schools, libraries and private study
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Speltz, Alexander O'Conor, David
Subjects: Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York : E. Weyhe
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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16 EGYPTIAN ORNAMENT. Plate 5.
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EGYPTIAN ORNAMENT. I7 Fig. 4. Open lotus capital in Edfu, dating from the time of the Ptolemies (Prisse,Histoire de Iart egyptien). This capital consists of 4 large lotus-flowers standingclose to each other. Between each pair of these flowers are 3 others—one largeand 2 small ones—which rise from small intermediate posts, and between these16 flowers are 16 other extremely small ones. Open lotus capitals of columnsdating from the Ancient Kingdom have not yet been discovered in a perfect condition. „ 5, and 6. Open lotus capitals decorating piers from the Ancient Kingdom, foundin the tombs 1 and 2 of the Hepi in Sawijet el Meitni (Borchardt). „ 7. Symbol of the union of Upper and Lower Egypt from the throne of a Cephrenstatue in Gizeh (Borchardt). The symbol of Upper Egypt was the lily, the botanicalname of which cannot, however, be even yet fixed, and the Symbol of Lower Egyptthe papyrus. „ 8. Thothmes pillar of granite dating from the New Kingdom, found in the sanc-tuary in

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