Miller, Fred, decorative artist · New York, London, Truslove, Hanson & Comba, Ld. · leaf 206
orked in long stitches of flax crossed at intervals bythreads at right angles. Golden-coloured flax on a dull redground gives a fine harmony. Flax is more glossy thansilk, and used in long parallel stitches produces a rich andbrilliant effect, and varies in colour as the light playsover it. Endless… … No. 138.—Intwining Grotesques, from the Durrow Bible, 8th Century. We hardly find any parallel to such patterns in any othertime or country, and they are so full of decorative sugges-tiveness, as well as being wonderfully ingenious in them- 194 ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. selves, that all designers…
Decorative arts · Decoration and ornament
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