Plate III
PLATE IV.—SKEUOMORPHS OF THE WITHY-BAND.
- 1. “The Tarsus Seal” of hæmatite, Hittite (Nature, April 26, 1888, p. 610). The right-hand design strongly resembles a course of the twisted fibre of basketry when removed from the upright osier-sticks.
- 2. Detail on incised stone, Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man (Runic Remains, Fig. 24).
- 3. Detail on incised stone, Church of Mont Majour, Nimes, tenth century (Wright, Hist. of Caricature, p. 48).
- 4. Detail on incised stone, Malew, Isle of Man; “Leather or strap-work” (Runic Remains, Fig. 15).
FILIGREE.
- 5. Gold ornament, Lake Möringen (Keller, loc. cit., Plate LVII., Fig. 9).
- 6. Gold ornament, Denmark (Worsaae, Danish Arts, p. 62).
- 7. Bronze pin, Nidau—Steinberg (Keller, loc. cit., Plate XXXIV., Fig. 14).
SKEUOMORPHS OF FASCINING.
- 8. Floor of lake-dwelling, Niederwyl, 1864 (Keller, loc. cit., Plate XVI., Fig. 8).
- 9. Bottom of inside of an earthen vessel, Ueberlingen See (Keller, loc. cit., Plate XXX., Fig. 6).
- 10. Part of a crescent of red sandstone, Ebersberg (Keller, loc. cit., Plate CXLIII., Fig. 7).
- 11. Incised stone from Hadrian’s Wall.
SKEUOMORPHS OF WEAVING.
- 12. Greek fret (Birch, Ancient Pottery, Fig. 4, p. 305).
- 13. Greek fret (Glazier, Notes on Ornament, p. 8).
- 14. Japanese fret (Glazier, loc. cit., p. 8).
- 15. Anglo-Saxon fret, Lambeth Aldhelm (J. O. Westwood, “Early British Anglo-Saxon and Irish Ornamentation,” Arch. Journ., x. p. 290, 1853).