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 381
he character of the plant. Thedandelion on Plate 90 is systematically re-duced to ornament. The lines it takes areif not actually systematical, very carefullybalanced. The jagged edge of the leafassumes almost the form of a Greek wave-line. The bracts develop into radiating linesof ornament. But… … 134. Ornamental treatment of strawberry. Ornamental treatment consists largely inthe deliberate disregard of pictorial considera-tion. There is nature still in the strawberryborder above, although nature is not verystrictly followed. The leaves in particularhave been subjected to a process of…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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