A study of the textile art in its relation to the development of form and ornament (1888)
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933, Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956. fmo, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. fmo, Huntington Free Library. fmo · Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. · leaf 20
beauty of form. It will be observed that the textile materials and construction do not lend themselves freely to minuteness in de- tail or to complexity of outline, especially in those small ways in which beauty is most readily expressed. Modifications of a decidedly esthetic character are… … Fig. 389. Vessel with esthetic characters of form. Work of the Yakama—}. Indians—the margin is varied by altering the relations of the three marginal turns of the coil, producing a scalloped effect. This is without reference to use, is uncalled for in construction, and hence is, in all probability,…
Textile fabrics · Decoration and ornament · Indians
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