• TERTIARY Hues—olive And sage, ochre, terra cotta and russet, peacock blue—were being favored, a palette motivated by William Morris’s revival of medieval formulation, and through the subdued but distinct tones of Japanese woodblock prints. The Japanesque was of course propelled with the “opening of Japan” by Commodore Perry’s celebrated https://www.watchesworld.com/exploring-the-aesthetics-of-dial-design-and-decoration/