. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. The end-support for the oblong table is asymmetrical duplication of the motive of the single leg already men-tioned, with the addition of wings, and with the space between theanimal forms filled either by figures or ornaments (Plate 143. 2—4and 144. 6). Very striking in both classes of support is the differ-ence in scale of the various elements (a phenomenon which alsoappears elsewhere in Roman art). On Antique table-legs the reader may also consult Di
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. The end-support for the oblong table is asymmetrical duplication of the motive of the single leg already men-tioned, with the addition of wings, and with the space between theanimal forms filled either by figures or ornaments (Plate 143. 2—4and 144. 6). Very striking in both classes of support is the differ-ence in scale of the various elements (a phenomenon which alsoappears elsewhere in Roman art). On Antique table-legs the reader may also consult Division III,(Furniture), Plate 143. The Trapezophoron. 1. Three-legged table, Roman, Legs of marble, table-top of mosaic. 2—3. Front and side view of the Support of a Roman table, foundin the atrium of the house of Cornelius Rufus in Pompeii,(Fragments de Iarchitecture). 4. Support of antique table. 5—6. Marble support of Roman table, Lynx head and claw, Museum,Naples. 7—8. Marble support of Roman table, Panther head and claw, Bri-tish Museum. 9—10. Marble support of Roman table. Lion head and claw, Vatican,Rome. 232 K T 7 5 T X. :x 1 c 1 I X
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