. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. n; blossoms yellowish white;fruit ball or egg shaped, blue black. 2. Olive (Olea europea). Evergreen; blossoms small, white; fruit oval,greenish, or black. Plate 28. The Laurel, &c. 1—2. Branches, Greek vase, conventional painting, (Owen Jones). 3. Branches, beaker, in the silver treasure, Hildesheim, Roman,Original of chased silvei, museum, Berlin. 4. Fragment, Roman marble relief. 5. Branch, intarsia panel, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, (Meurer). 6. Branch
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. n; blossoms yellowish white;fruit ball or egg shaped, blue black. 2. Olive (Olea europea). Evergreen; blossoms small, white; fruit oval,greenish, or black. Plate 28. The Laurel, &c. 1—2. Branches, Greek vase, conventional painting, (Owen Jones). 3. Branches, beaker, in the silver treasure, Hildesheim, Roman,Original of chased silvei, museum, Berlin. 4. Fragment, Roman marble relief. 5. Branch, intarsia panel, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, (Meurer). 6. Branch, spanrail, Louis XVI. style, (Lifevre) 7. IUnd, French Renascence. The Vine. (Plates 29, 30.) Althoagh the Vine does not occui frequently, it is not an un-popular element of artistic decoration. The Antique and Medievalstyles, in particular, show a certain preference for the vine. In Antiquity the Vine (Vitis vinifera) is the attribute of Bac-chus. Vine leaves and Ivy, sometimes in connection with Lsurel,encircle the brows of Bacchantes, and adorn their drinking-vesselsand uteijsils, tli* thyrsus, kantharos, &c. NATUEAL Plate 27. The Laurel, and the Olive. NATURAL FOR]\rS. 45
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