Catalogue of a collection of old embroideries of the Greek islands and Turkey . FIG. 6. KING PATTERNS SET BASE TO BASE, SHOWINGTHE ORIGIN OF THE LEAF DIAPER AND STAR PATTERN FIG. 7. LEAF DIAPER AND STAR PATTERN,DERIVED FROM KING PATTERN GREEK EMBROIDERIES inspection (see Figs. 1-7) will be seen to be much akin to one another, aretypical of the embroideries of the Cyclades and the Southern Sporades,although it must be noted that patterns similar to those on Nos. 41, 138 areknown in Sardinia, and in some embroideries of Spanish or Italian style fromMorocco. The Glastra (Figs. 1,2) is always arra
Catalogue of a collection of old embroideries of the Greek islands and Turkey . FIG. 6. KING PATTERNS SET BASE TO BASE, SHOWINGTHE ORIGIN OF THE LEAF DIAPER AND STAR PATTERN FIG. 7. LEAF DIAPER AND STAR PATTERN,DERIVED FROM KING PATTERN GREEK EMBROIDERIES inspection (see Figs. 1-7) will be seen to be much akin to one another, aretypical of the embroideries of the Cyclades and the Southern Sporades,although it must be noted that patterns similar to those on Nos. 41, 138 areknown in Sardinia, and in some embroideries of Spanish or Italian style fromMorocco. The Glastra (Figs. 1,2) is always arranged in a long series ofsingle units either vertically or as a frieze {cf. Nos. 38, 111). Possibly thedevices like coats of arms on Rhodian work (cf. No. 36) are a variety of theGlastra. Sometimes it must be admitted that the Glastra shows so great aresemblance to a rather degenerate double eagle that one might be forgivenfor suggesting that the double eagle is the basis of the Glastra and itskindred patterns. Queen Pattern (Figs. 3, 4) is arranged in Cos, in a series of sin
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