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 396
136. Circular bird andflower crest. … 137. Circular bird crest. He has studiedthe antique to some purpose.The Japanese have a mostingenious way of disposingcreatures over a given sur-face in a manner which, un-symmetric though it be, isdistinctly decorative ; andthough the actionof the creatures—birds, as on Plate92, tortoises, ason…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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