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 262
imple-mindedness notwithout its charm in old work. In Plate 59, part of the design for a Gothicwindow, I have endeavoured to follow, morestrictly than I have ever seen it followed inold Gothic work, the actual growth of thevine, whilst at the same time very scrupu-lously fulfilling the conditions… … PHOTO-TlMTilsyJ.iaei Akermtn ,\<in<fon V C Coptic Vine Onoa-mcnt. Parallel Renderhips, 121 It is seldom that it shows much appreciationof the essentially characteristic vine forms.One wearies of the regularity of the ecclesi-astical grape-clusters, and resents their stand-ing up like bunches…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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