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 494
ninvention of the purist. The offence is, oncemore, mainly in proportion to the realism.The more a swag looks like weight, the moreit wants suspending ribbons to hold it up andnail-heads to attach it to, the less endurableit is. There is no occasion to waste oneswrath over wreaths so absolutely…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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