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 78
ts ofthe oak, briar, hornbeam, and other trees.And then what variety of tint there is in thebacks of leaves : purple as in the wild lettuce,rich red-brown as in some magnolias andrhododendrons, silver grey as in the alder, thepoplar, the willow, and some garden plants. The Japanese have made… … -jiormaii.Ehotolith London Mdtural Growth Ornament in Nature, 31 counter-changing the colour as frankly as amediaeval herald did in his treatment of themantling about a shield. Whether, then, it is form that we seek orcolour, everywhere in nature there is materialfor the ornamentist, often, as it…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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