Nature in ornament; an enquiry into the natural element in ornamental design & a survey of the ornamental treatment of natural forms (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 113
broken by daisy-like rosettes. It is quitecertain that no natural type ever suggestedthe design ; it was in seeking ornamentalforms that the painter happened upon some-thing which suggests, but only suggests,nature. On the other hand, there are formsabove, which, though scarcely recognisableat… … 21. Details of early Persian ornament. not altogether unlike a folded leaf in profile ;and in other shapes (above) a likeness hasbeen traced to the unfolding fronds of theyoung fern. If these forms are indeed foundedupon nature, it only goes to show how far onemay, perhaps unconsciously, stray from…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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