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Colour in woven design (1890)

Beaumont, Roberts, 1862-1924 · London : Whittaker & Co. ; New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 381

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nd weft may be of distinct or of the same colours. Supposing, therefore, that in the first place thewarp is composed of one colour only, such as brown mix-ture and crossed with blue mixture, then the mingledeffects due to the plain ground would be enhanced by thespecks of these colours resulting… … Fig. 130. case the ground of the fabric consists of vertical lines onwhich slightly indistinct spots occur at regular intervals.For fabrics in which clear effects are requisite this lattersystem of tinting is the most appropriate, but in goodswhere mingled colouring is admired the former mode…

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