Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 332
iety of modifications as an orna-mental form in fabrics (Fig. 269), and often in companywith the pomegranate. This came about after the discoveryof the West Indies, from where the pineapple had been TEXTILE FABRICS. .513 imported into Europe (Fig. 270). Large-pattern damaskdiapers, brocades, and… … Fig. 208.—Silk Damask; rioixiuinc ; l-iitunUli Ceiuuix. in all may be traced the strong influences of Saracenicdesign. From the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, and evenlater, Lucca in Tuscany, Genoa, Florence, and Venicewere celebrated for the manufacture of silken brocades andvelvets, which…
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