Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 248
114 Nature in Ornament. than it is like a vine-leaf ; whilst the compact little bunches of diminutive berries look occasionally much more like mulberries than any grapes one has seen. In the border on p. 112 they might almost be blackberries. It is possible also in Gothic work to … 84. Moorish vine. p. 1 13 stands for the vine. For growth the Moorish sculptor has simply branched a spiral line. His vine- leaves would answer at least as well for bry- ony leaves, and his berries would do as well for bryony berries. His reason for bunches of
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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