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 297
may pass, but it is nota device upon which itwould be well to rely indesign. Comparison has alreadybeen drawn (p. 93) be-tween the Quattro-centolily on p. 92, the Cinque-cento lilies on p. 91 andPlate 43, my own lilyornament on Plate 39, Talberts Gothic lilypanel on Plate 42 (something like, and… … 97. Rhodian rose. More Parallels. 133 (Plate II andp. 160), with theGreek pattern onp. 61, and withthe Roman cande-labrum opposite,a characteristicallyclumsy way not somuch of designingas of compilingornament. In the Greeklilies already re-ferred to, and stillmore in those onp. 158, the relationto…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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