ls in colour, a lifewhich is related to thepractical, to art and tomusic. The designs found intextile borders are espe-cially interesting. Theyoften have no connectionwith the maiii body of thefai)ric either in colour orform, but are always har-monious. Often they areUtile [larades of men oranimals… … vians, for many centuries givingway gradually to animal formsand later to geometric figures astheir civilization advanced. Soreligion plays her part and findsher portrayal in this nationalhistory of colour and form. As we find the colours on theseancient relics to-day they showno sign of having…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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