alists (so-called) would have us believe, aninvention of to-day. Artists have alwaysloved and studied nature. Only, in thehistoric treatment of natural forms, modelledin clay or plaster, carved in wood or stone,painted on wall or window, wrought in metal,or on a loom, or with the needle—there… … ■Phbtb-TimV; hyJ Alcnn.n.G.QuB.n 5i]u«m,¥.C. The Teaching of the Tool. 51 The Teaching of the Tool. Difficult as it may be for any but a work-man quite to appreciate the influence of toolsand treatment upon ornamental design, andso to trace the origin of time-honoured formsto their first cause—it…
Decoration and ornament
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