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Nature in ornament (1894)

Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 316

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Nature in Ornament. 142 stands • also, no doubt, for the pomegranate ; but it is quite a traditional rendering, by a man who probably never saw the fruit. Com- pare this also with the pine patterns on Plate 84 and on p. 157. The various renderings of the oak, Classic on p. 94, Gothic on Plates 29… … occurring on Plates 106. Oak — from a Sicilian silk.

Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)

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