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 393
ing a vacantspace. Here, as everywhere, nature herselfwill often furnish the designer with a valuablehint. Notice the bronze-green beetles forag-ing in the full-blown rose. See the bees onthe sunflower : they may be found diaperingits plain disc in the most interesting mannerbut the incident has… … 135. Dolphins used as ornament. George Fox. broom, of which the foliage is so insignificantas to go for little, is sometimes dotted overafter a shower of rain with the daintiest littlesnails, whose delicately-marked shells formquite a feature in the pattern of the shrub. It is a very common fault…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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