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 82
e very soon beganto scratch ornamental devices. The Englishrace scarcely suffers from the malady nowa-days. When it does break out in us it maybe traced probably to some Welsh or otherCeltic ancestor. But to certain of us, howeverfew, it is every bit as natural to trace patternsas to draw… … C F KELL. f MOTO-LITHO.e.FURNIVAL S HOt ^0 RN,E..C - Greek ScidII Nature in Ornament, 33 In almost every detail of design there is,whether he be conscious of it or no, a re-miniscence of nature. In the most abstractdesign he is accustomed to obey instinctivelythe natural laws of construction and…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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