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 401
diaper of insects, above, is soobvious, when we see it done, that we scarcelyappreciate the ingenuity with which the dragon-flies range themselves in hexagonal order. Absolutely archaic or non-natural creatureslend themselves very readily to diaper work.This is illustrated in the diaper of bats… … 141. Diaper of conventional bats. the border at the top of the plate, and par-ticularly the fledgelings and the cocks, arenot only comical but essentially ornamentalin treatment. The exaggeration of the cockscomb is delightfully imagined. The late William Burges, in the patternon p. 185, has…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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