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 47
whichimpresses us. Probably in the case of no single plant havethe possibilities in the way of ornamental adap-tation been exhausted, and in many instancesthe very plainest hints in the way of designhave not been taken. The rose, for example, has been veryvariously treated ; but comparatively… … I. Various tendrils, from nature. once in a way, turned to ornamental account(Plate 65 and pp. 131, 132). The Japanese roses on Plate 2 are some-what directly inspired by nature, but thenthey are not very ornamentally treated. Theymight almost have been drawn directly fromnature. It is mainly the…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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