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 180
overleaf is par-tially accountedfor as a remini-scence of someflower in whichthe pistil wasvery stronglypronounced. No excuse ofthe kind can beurged for thetreatment of theleaves in thedesign for wallpaper on Plate37. The moreor less natu-rally drawnleaves are justenriched with pattern, which takes… … 62. Elaborated flower. 8o JSTature in Orniment. in fifteenth and sixteenth century ornament,consists in the turning over and curHng up ofthe ends and edges of foUation of all kinds.Something of the kind occurs indeed in Greekand Roman scrollwork ; but it is not untillate Gothictimes thatit becomesa…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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