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DICKINs by his researches established the date of Damophon as a second century sculptor and by his reconstruction of the great group at Lycosoura provided a sound basis for an estimate of his style which he also discussed.' He rightly laid considerable weight on the decoration of the veil worn by Despoina 2 in that group, and both he and Guidi 3 later have collected and examined the sculptural parallels. The veil is, however, intended to represent an ornamented woven fabric and is worn as a textile, and is handled as one by the sculptor. Presumably the original clay model of this figure of the group would have shown the textile treatment of the veil even more clearly. As it is, the veil though executed in stone is definitely conceived as a textile. Its ornament, therefore, should also be considered from a textile aspect and, though sculptural parallels have been carefully collected and studied, the possible textile parallels have apparently been left unnoticed. Yet it is important for an appreciation of Damophon's abilities to consider whether the decoration of the veil as he has rendered it is really possible for a textile, or whether it is an arbitrary ornamentation given to the

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Author

Alan J. B. Wace

Published

1934

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)