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 201
lement. When the lines ofgrowth peculiar to aplant are not in thedirection of orna-ment, what is to bedone ? The better planis not, if you canhelp it, to go againstnature, but to per-simde, if possible, thenatural and charac-teristic growth into lines more in accordancewith the purpose of ornament.… … 67. Artificial grace of line. ^laie 42
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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