A descriptive catalogue of the collections of tapestry and embroidery in the South Kensington Museum (1888)
South Kensington Museum, Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London, Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery Off. · leaf 144
d, and in such cases the results, aswas pointed out on page 129, are rarely satisfactory. The foregoing are bare suggestions of what may be derivedfrom analysing ornament or pattern. The quality termedstyle is frequently claimed to be applicable to groups ofkindred ornaments in which similar… … FiGURK V. INTEODUCTION. 135 In the spirals we may have merely abstract forms, whilstin the heads, feet, and such like we have shapes basedupon the representation of actual things. The arrange-ment of the two spirals with the details between them,proclaims the New Zealanders sense of balance of…
Tapestry · Embroidery
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