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 181
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… … 63. Elaborated flower. goldsmiths work. You see that bossy cha-racter in the rendering of the hop on p. 81,and in the leaves on pp. iii, 112, 118, 119.The limits within which the character of
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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