mans guidance, even though the jacquardloom did not of itself sufficiently blur them. The practicaldesigner distinguishes himself from the unpractised .by thescrupulous care with which he defines in his drawing notmerely the outlines of his forms but the limits of eachseparate colour or shade of… … ETCHED ORNAMENTOR IRON. enough to go upon. He knows how easy it is to soften themin the finished work, even if the fabric itself does not do thatfor him. Precise lines such as those in damascening do notin the result lead to hardness of effect. In fact it is not easyin the mingled shimmer of bright…
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