Figure 7. Dresser, illustrations of a violet, a flower that we encounter as a “vertical ornament” with bi-lateral symmetry (left) and a flower we encounter as a “horizontal ornament” with radial symmetry (right).

Figure 7. Dresser, illustrations of a violet, a flower that we encounter as a “vertical ornament” with bi-lateral symmetry (left) and a flower we encounter as a “horizontal ornament” with radial symmetry (right). From _The Art of Decorative Design_. Courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries.

Figure 7. Dresser, illustrations of a violet, a flower that we encounter as a “vertical ornament” with bi-lateral symmetry (left) and a flower we encounter as a “horizontal ornament” with radial symmetry (right).

Figure 4. Decorative motif showing the principle of alternation. Figure 8. Dresser, ornamental patterns with radial symmetry, suitable for floors or ceilings.