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 270
ence, there was in allornament an under-tone of national feel-ing, telling of thecountry to which itbelonged. There wasno need then of aTrade-marks Act toidentify it as carvedin France or Ger-many. At the risk oftrenching upon asubject discussed atlength in a previ-ous text-book (TheApplication of… … Pmoto-Tiht! ty J»mes Akeno an, London .Wf Vine, Stamed Glass. Parallel Renderings. 125 alism, the other half being in the fitness ofthe form to its place and purpose. The sculptor has thus been a powerfulfactor in the development of the ornamentalvine. You can see quite clearly in the…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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