Embroidery : a collection of articles on subjects connected with the study of fine needlework, including stitches, materials, methods of work, and designing, and history ... (1909)
Christie, Grace · London, James Pearsall · leaf 68
rmed of unnatural rearrange-ments of naturalistic foliage are easily contrivedso long as the designer carefully explores and makes use of the resources which Natureso lavishly provides. But, when a designrequiring elements of the semi-naturalistictype is attempted, it is equally necessary tostudy… … Fig. 2i highly formalised flowers drawn from thepatterns of some ancient silk brocades is givenin our final illustration (fig. 28). There isno need to attempt to produce elements ofstriking originality ; it is better to take thosewhich present themselves and make intelli-gent use of them with such…
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