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Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers (1918)

Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company; Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company · leaf 107

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he derbies and thecotton-backed goods; of the texture effects peculiarly possible tolinen, as in table damask; or to jute, as in burlap; or to artificial silk,as in several of the gauze weaves; or to gold, even pajjer gold, as inPlate II. The value of a work of art does not and should not… … Ilale X\I Suiall-figin-i-il Derby Ihitc WlI-ModiTii {^oKl \cl\ct in S;iss.iniil (lc-sij;ii T8 FUNDAMENTAL AND MODERN WEAVES and well-woven jute or cotton is vastly more important than an all-silk textile put together badly. Only when the result is unsuccessfultronl the use and beauty point of view…

Textile fabrics · Textile design · Lace and lace making · Embroidery · Wallpaper · Leatherwork · Interior decoration · Tapestry

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