Cantor lectures on the arts of tapestry making and embroidery ... delivered before the Society, April 5th, 12th and 19th, 1886 (1886)
Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934, Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain) · London, W. Trounce · leaf 14
suggestthe stage of development to or from whichthis type of ornament may be ascending ordescending. Broadly speaking, two foremostmotives in ornament from New Zealand arethe human figure and spirals. But the NewZealanders, like many other people whose con-dition of life and habits is different… … have, I believe, the prime purpose of display-ing portraits, the one of a man not tattooed,the other of one tattooed. We may look at a piece of ornamentedpierced work in which spirals are alter-nated with human figures, and therein detecthow the New Zealanders appreciation ofcontrast and of…
Tapestry · Embroidery
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