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 420
148. Embroidered bat—Chinese. ■T^kle 99. … 17^!CeT)iurv Scroll Work. b.Gnbelm^ 195 XII. THE ELEMENT OF THE GROTESQUE. That the element of the grotesque has beenabundantly abused in ornamental design isno argument against the discreet use of it indesign. But if we would reconcile reasonablepersons to its use we must ourselves keepwithin the…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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