A text book dealing with ornamental design for woven fabrics (1900)
Stephenson, C · London : Methuen · leaf 140
BORDERS, CORNERS, ANGLES, ETC exactly balanced on XY. Only half the full width of the curtain would need to be prepared for on the design paper, GHKL being the amount required for the dado, and KLMN (which includes the border and filling) for the upper part … of the curtain, instead of the full width which is required in D1aGRaAmM 80. The severity which this plan tends to bring about may be reduced by the use of a free centre, as in DIAGRAM 32. It will be seen that the design on each side of the free centre is exactly balanced, ABCD in the dado and CDEF…
Textile design
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