Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 111
indthat all the little plants which nestle in the short mossy grass are radiating orna-ments —that is, they are pretty objects which consist of pai-ts spreading regularlyfrom a centre. I cannot too strongly advise the young ornamentist to study the principles onwhich Nature works. Knowledge of the… … Fig. 70. Fig. 71. Fig. 73. to study Natures laws, and to observe all her beauty, even to her most subtle effects,and then we may safely pillage from her all that we can consistently adapt to our ownpurposes. But in order that we produce ornament, we must infuse mind or soul intowhatever we borrow…
Decoration and ornament
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