"A good artist, and a sound thinker, Mr. Day has produced a book of sterling value."—Magazine of Art.
THE ANATOMY OF PATTERN.—Containing: I. Introductory. II. Pattern Dissections. III. Practical Pattern Planning. IV. The "Drop" Pattern. V. Skeleton Plans. VI. Appropriate Pattern. Fourth Edition (Ninth Thousand), revised, with 41 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, art linen, price 3s. 6d., net 3s.
"... There are few men who know the science of their profession better or can teach it as well as Mr. Lewis Day; few also who are more gifted as practical decorators; and in anatomising pattern in the way he has done in this manual—a way beautiful as well as useful—he has performed a service not only to the students of his profession, but also to the public."—Academy.
THE PLANNING OF ORNAMENT.—Containing: I. Introductory. II. The Use of the Border. III. Within the Border. IV. Some Alternatives in Design. V. On the Filling of the Circle and other Shapes. VI. Order and Accident. Third Edition (Fifth Thousand), further revised, with 41 full-page Illustrations, many of which have been re-drawn. Crown 8vo, art linen, price 3s. 6d., net 3s.
"Contains many apt and well-drawn illustrations; it is a highly comprehensive, compact, and intelligent treatise on a subject which is more difficult to treat than outsiders are likely to think. It is a capital little book, from which no tyro (it is addressed to improvable minds) can avoid gaining a good deal."—Athenæum.
THE APPLICATION OF ORNAMENT.—Containing: I. The Rationale of the Conventional. II. What is Implied by Repetition. III. Where to Stop in Ornament. IV. Style and Handicraft. V. The Teaching of the Tool. VI. Some Superstitions. Third Edition (Sixth Thousand), further revised, with 48 full-page Illustrations and 7 Woodcuts in the text. Crown 8vo, art linen, price 3s. 6d., net 3s.
"A most worthy supplement to the former work, and a distinct gain to the art student who has already applied his art knowledge in a practical manner, or who hopes yet to do so."—Science and Art.
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN.—Comprising the above Three Books, "Anatomy of Pattern," "Planning of Ornament," and "Application of Ornament," handsomely bound in one volume, cloth gilt, price 10s. 6d., net 8s. 6d.
NATURE IN ORNAMENT.—With 123 full-page Plates and 192 Illustrations in the text. Third Edition (Fifth Thousand). Thick crown 8vo, in handsome cloth binding, richly gilt, price 12s. 6d., net 10s.
Contents: I. Introductory. II. Ornament in Nature. III. Nature in Ornament. IV. The Simplification of Natural Forms. V. The Elaboration of Natural Forms. VI. Consistency in the Modification of Nature. VII. Parallel Renderings. VIII. More Parallels. IX. Tradition in Design. X. Treatment. XI. Animals in Ornament. XII. The Element of the Grotesque. XIII. Still Life in Ornament. XIV. Symbolic Ornament.