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 208
although in the very rigidityand dignified simplicity of the compositionthere is some-thing that re-calls the natu-ral flower. One may ad-mit, however, acertain charac-ter and beautyin the stiffgrowth of thelily, and evenallow that itmay be madeuse of in de-sign, withoutdenying for amoment that… … 70. Narcissus compelled into the way ofornament. 94 Nature in Ornariuent.
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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