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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 144

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o any other symbolicfruit. It is all the more difficult,sometimes, to identify theplant which is meant, becauseone can never be sure of the knowledge, or of the con-scientiousness, of the artist.The two damascened patternsabove presumably representthe poppy, but, in the onecase at least, the artist… … 45. Greek border,with lily-buds. 62 Nature in Ornament.

Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)

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