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 372
Pmoto-Tiht: ev .Jam.s Akerm.i>.Lon<ion ,W C pruit pattern^ A^Ml1ar^ Morns, Treatment. 169 ment; but it is something more than mereflower-painting : there is design in it. As aprinted fabric in which the same flowers mustperforce recur at regular and very short inter-vals, the artist himself… … 129. Abstract foliage—Persian inlay. as a painted frieze, such a rendering has itsraison detre. There is no need to say thatmy own sympathies lean towards somethingmore severe in design. The delightfully restrained foliage above,so absolutely ornamental that it might have 170 Nature in Ornament,
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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