Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 52
1 8 Nature in Ornament. … 3. Romanesque ornamentation of the stem. there is still much to be learnt from the way in which nature wraps round a stalk with leaves, sheaths it, hides it, discreetly discloses it (Plate 4). The leaf seems sometimes to close round the stem so that that has almost the appearance of growing through…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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