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 162
uite exceptional inge-nuity of design, especially in its relation tothe technique of weaving ; and it will be timewell spent to seek out the method, artificialthough it may be, by which results so beauti-ful are arrived at. The effect may be so far from nature as tobe quite characteristically… … Lvons Silk of the 17^ or 18^^ Cep^.^ The Elaboration of Natural Forms, 71 by diapering them over with other detailsborrowed from the same source. And thiswas quite the current way of design. Menadopted forms more or less natural, probablybecause such forms occurred most readily tothem. But the…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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