A book of studies in plant form with some suggestions for their application to design (1896)
Lilley, A. E. V, Midgeley, W., joint author · New York : Scribner · leaf 32
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN 15 (2) The more stubborn and difficult the material and processin which a design is carried out, themore simple and conventionalshould be the ornament. . ^ ijp (3) There is something impossible and exasperating aboutthe appearance of a vast number of literal copies of a plant… … W^ Fig. 16.—Pansy and Viola, i. White ; 2. crimson ; 3. purple ; 4. crimson and yellow:Height 6 inches. colour. So that we think the ornament should be more or lessfrankly conventional and non-natural in proportion as the repeatof the design is more or less frequent and obvious. In…
Decoration and ornament
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