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 300
eristicsof the iris are reconciledsomewhat to the shapeof the fleur-de-lis. In the Indian damas-cened pattern on Plate30, there is distinct re-semblance to the fleur-de-lis. The paintedversion above it, whilst pretending to bemore pictorial, is altogether less characteristicof nature. In the… … 100. Seventeenth century iris. 136 Nahire in Ornament,
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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