rom the all-important question of color, it is this:—modem patterns are imposed upon abackground; the older patterns are in-corporated into a background. Themodern designer works from nature to-ward technical demands; the old workerproceeded from a knowledge of techni-cal demands, backed by the… … FIGURE FORTY-TWO DESIGN IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: NUMBER VII may be placed. The first creates holesthrough the wall; the second remainson the wall. The clue to the characterof the designs found in the best of theold textiles (Plates 31-32) was not dis-covered in plant life. The designerspossessed an…
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