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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 150

An illustration from Nature in ornament; an enquiry into the natural element in ornamental design & a survey of the ornamental treatment of natural forms, 1902, leaf 150 — hould appear to us abstractions. In many instances, it is tolerably clear thatno leaf was intended, but only foliation, noparticular plant, but growth. And it ismarvellous how the early Mediaeval sculptorcontrived to convey that idea of vitality inthe stone. In the crockets so… … Vine, ^r^acs. A/or ma fych/. iVrochesfer j^ T^ose

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