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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 513

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e mere repeti-tion of symbols,even when conven-tionally rendered (asin the Greek borderof eyes, p. 243), isnot a happy form ofornament, if indeedit can be called or-nament at all. Butthe additional in-terest imparted tomere foliage by theintroduction of oc-casional badges andthe like… … Heraldic badges-Mantua. century. T^late 122 ^Hf f if / i ^ ^ I. 1^ // •jj frSUdf \i 4, % Ify-^-^ Tr^nr^^ r—.-i,, ■;~r,,,T,,. > ..Vfi M ^1 I 3

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