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 97
of the ornamentists regard. It is a plant ofEastern origin, and was unknown here until the reign ofElizabeth ; we therefore do not find it in any of the art-workbefore that date, nor, indeed, do we remember to have ever seen it M ART-STUDIES FROM NATURE. in any way introduced in later designs :… … Thorn-apple. is powerfully narcotic in its effects. In the quaint pages olGerarde, published a.d. 1636, we learn the history of its intro-duction into England. Gerarde was the director of the botanicalgarden of Lord Burleigh; hence he received many rare plantsfrom abroad for cultivation. In…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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