Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 136
lowing centuries, whether Sicilian or Italian.(It was from Sicily, you know, that the art ofweaving was introduced into Italy.) Designers would be the more ready toadopt, and to adhere to, the plan suggested.^;by the loom, in that the horizontal line, due toit, was not anyways injurious to the… … Appropriate Pattern. 51 folds ; and the horizontal band emphasisedby the change of the shuttle had an absolutevalue in marking the fulness of the hangings. In flat decoration the horizontal band is lessunobjectionable; and it is for that reason thatso many of the wall-paper patterns, borrowedor…
Decoration and ornament
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