Period furnishings; an encyclopedia of historic furniture, decorations and furnishings (1911)
Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 87
es theprinciple motif, in others the accessory ornament. In Fig. 5 we show a fancy velvet of the SixteenthCentury; a pale yellow ground is in silk armure, thedesign produced by the cut velvet is in two deli-cate colors, mauve and light green. The design isknown as the flowered Indian meadows, on… … Fig. II. in dress. Where gold or silver did not figure in thedesign it appeared in the form of embroideries onsatin or velvet. It was a period of great prosperityin Italian manufacture, especially the factories ofLucca, Florence, Venice and Genoa. Italian work-men, moreover, were in demand and…
Interior decoration · Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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