Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 134
ned, is obviously due to the ease withwhich the weaver can change his shuttle. At the same time, economy is thus ofteneffected. If in such a design as that onPlate 34 the flowers were meant to appearin gold, or only the eyes of the flowers, thegold thread need only be used in the bandswhere the… … Appropriate Pattern. 51 old piece of many-coloured silk damask tosee the changes of the shuttle very plainlymarked. The aim of the designer is usually todisguise them more or less in his pattern. Butin the early days of silk weaving the unso-phisticated artist had no fear of a horizontalline. In…
Decoration and ornament
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