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 44
types which have sufficedfor the ancient and mediaeval world, and forthat matter for ourselves too, are, compara-tively speaking, very few indeed. How largelythe ornament of Egypt and Assyria is basedupon the lotus, the papyrus, and the palm !The vine, the ivy, and the olive, the fir-treeand the… … Japanese Koses Ornament in Nature. 13 into its posy the lily and the rose, the pome-granate and the passion flower, the maple andthe trefoil, but still only a comparatively smallselection of the plants a-growing and a-blowingwithin sight of the village church. Orientalart is more conservative still…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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