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 132
ntity ofnatural forms has de-terred the designerfrom simplifying them.We find in every periodof art floral or foliatedforms which may bemeant for this or that,but which it is quiteimpossible to identifywith any degree of certainty. The Gothicborder below may stand for a rose, for all weknow; the… … 32. Rosette or rose ?
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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