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Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers

Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · 1918 · Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company; Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company · 487 pictures

A 1918 survey of furnishing textiles by George Leland Hunter, published by Lippincott in Philadelphia and London for decorators, dealers and collectors of damasks, tapestries, wallpapers, carpets and tooled leather. Halftone plates photograph whole panels and rugs flat-on, so designers can lift repeating lattice grounds, floral medallions and woven borders, plus toile scenes with putti, urns and framed cartouches.

Textile fabrics · Textile design · Lace and lace making · Embroidery · Wallpaper · Leatherwork · Interior decoration · Tapestry

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