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 51
Fig. 50.—Convolvulus. Flowers white to pink, 2 inches acrossFig. 51.—Bryony. Flowers green, berries red. D 34 STUDIES IX PLANT FORM AND DESIGN that the corner is structurally the weakest part of a frame, andtheornament should appear to strengthen it and bind it together,and so must be heaviest and… … Fig. 52.—Canary Creeper. Flowers yellow ij inches long. We give an example (Fig. 54) of a border applied to a cupfor the purpose of illustrating how the pattern may be projectedon to a curved surface. It will be seen that there are a number
Decoration and ornament
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