Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 557
that of recourse to Nature,especially to the vegetable world, for suggestions ofdecorative design. Historic ornament was also taught,but the chief inspiration was sought in the forms ofleaves and flowers, which were to be dissected, analyzed,recombined and treated either naturalistically or… … Fig. 338.—A French FloralWall-Paper. THE MODERN REVIVALS ment, published in 1856, are devoted to various typesof flowers and foliage from Nature, appropriate forornament. In France the Flore ornementale ofRuprich-Robert, published as late as 1876, performedthe same task in more elaborate fashion.…
Decoration and ornament
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