Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 329
ese Sicilian fabrics; thismay have been done by Christian designers ignorant ofArabic, in order to give to the fabrics an appearanceof Saracenic work, which, perhaps, made them sell betterwhen exported (Fig. 266J. Another peculiarity of the Palermitan silks is the multi-tude of elements found in… … Vv. 265.—A])ostolic Tree of Life,with the Cross Emblem. TEXTILE FABRICS. 311 of sacred names, and emblematic plants. The use of theseheraldic and Christian elements was in a great measure dueto the influence of the Crusaders in the Middle Ages. Thefavourite colouring of the Sicilian silks was dark…
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