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 177
. Given the idea of foHatedironwork, and the facilities of cutting, hammer-ing, and twisting, it was only natural it shouldtake something like the late Gothic forms onPlate 36. Some such excuse for elaborationmakes a confessedly dangerous practice moretolerable if no safer. Another goodexcuse for… … 61. Foliated forms geometricallydiapered. character is only an exaggeration of naturalcharacteristics. The seeds of the pomegranate alreadyreferred to are a case in point. In the em-broidered fruit on Plate 73 they are repre-sented by a diaper of chequers. In the ^lale %
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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