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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, cretonnes, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers (1918)

Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company · leaf 105

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ll figures. SILK VERSUS CHEAPER MATERIALS Whilst many of the fabrics so far discussed in this chapter exem-plify the use of cheaper materials than silk to produce or supplementsilk effects, it is not just to dismiss them with contempt as cheapimitations. Many of the results obtained equal or… … Plate XVI—Small-figured Derby Plate XVII—Modern gold velvet in Sassanid design FUNDAMENTAL AND MODERN WEAVES and well-woven jute or cotton is vastly more important than an all-silk textile put together badly. Only when the result is unsuccessfulfrom the use and beauty point of view should the…

Embroidery · Tapestry · Textile fabrics · Lace and lace making · Wallpaper · Decoration and ornament

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