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 133
33. Gothic leaf and flower border—wood carving. 56 Nature in Ornament. its source innature. Itproves, asyou will seeat a glanceon this page,to be no leaf,but a seed-vessel : softenthe angularityof the stem,pulled out ofthe straightby the pods,and you havethe starting-point of theGreek design.There… … late E5.
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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