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Peruvian fabrics (1916)

Crawford, M. D. C. (Morris De Camp), 1882-1949 · New York : Published by order of The Trustees [of the American Museum of Natural History] · leaf 13

An illustration from Peruvian fabrics, 1916, leaf 13
hwas conducted in the infrequent leisure hours of commercial work andwithout the benefit of his scholarship and unfailing courtesy, must havedragged on indefinitely. The subject has great fascination. I leave it with extreme reluctance.Virtually only its mechanical and technical phases have… … Fig. 1 (B-798). Tapestry showing intentional openings left between differentlycolored areas ending in parallel warps. The slits are left with a decorative intention. TAPESTRY. In tapestry, Peru reached its highest textile development. The har-mony of color, the beauty and fastness of dyes, and the…

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