Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 116
e little plants which nestle in the short mossy grass are " radiating orna- ments " — that is, they are pretty objects which consist of parts spreading regularly from a centre. I cannot too strongly advise the young ornamentist to study the principles on which Nature works. Knowledge of the laws… … Fig. 70. Fig. 71. Fig. 73. to study Nature's 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 own purposes. But in order that we produce ornament, we must infuse mind or soul into whatever we…
Decoration and ornament
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