Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers (1872)
Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909, Glaisher, James, 1809-1903, Mackie, Samuel Joseph, Hunt, Robert, 1807-1887 · London, Virtue & co. · leaf 65
Harebell. a delicate ascending gradation of form, from the rounded leavesat the lower end of the stem, to the thin, almost grass-like leavesof the upper part. Drawings of the harebell will be found inT. N. O. 80; P. F. 12. The Hazel-nut (Corylus avellana) is so familiar a shrub thatany lengthened… … Nut. facture of the crates in which earthenware is packed—a use forwhich their size and flexibility combined with great strengthadmirably fit them, as the rods, when the wood is still green,may be bent almost double before they will give way. There isa pleasing appropriateness in its English name,…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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