Oriental carpets, runners and rugs and some Jacquard reproductions .. (1910)
Humphries, Sydney, 1862-1941 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 68
ters of 1457and 1459 have never been surpassed in the records of printing, and infact, like Minerva and the first Woman, came into the world with allthe perfections one naturally attributes to centuries of experiment. It may be urged in the matter of printing that when all is saidthe movable-type… … Contemporary Arts hand-work of previous ages ; but the same can be said of allart work not requiring constructive skill and the scientific adjust-ment of weights, any error in which means instant failure ofan unpleasantly practical kind, which probably checked earlyexperiments. I have quoted at the…
Jacquard, Joseph-Marie, 1752-1834 · `Abbas I, Shah of Iran, 1571-1629 · Rugs, Oriental
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