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 357
developedinstances of the fleur-de-lis occur on p. 241. The fleur-de-lis, says Voltaire, was obvi-ously derived from the top of a halberd ;but whence, then, the form of the halberd ?There is not much room for doubt that theactual form of the fleur-de-lis was suggestedby the iris ; but for all that… … 123. Concentric forms, seaweed. concentric forms, orwhether because ofthe inherently orna-mental dispositionof the old lines, theornamentist couldnever get quiteaway from themfor long at a time ; their influence appearseven in the comparativelynatural design on Plate 85.Certainly the glass…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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