Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 118
that of thegeneral ground of the carpet, but here the panel has usually a truly ornamentalform, and is, indeed, rather a large ornament than a sort of frame enclosing adistinct space. Whenever a panel occurs in an Indian, Persian, or Moorish carpet,it is so managed, and its surroundings are such,… … SiSiililKffif*1 f Fig. 83. 104 PRINCIPLES 01 DESIGN. far otherwise with those which ai-e used in vast quantities by the Americans.Judging from the carpets which they order, I imagine that nowhere on earth is tastein matters of decorative art so depraved as it is in America. It is true that thegreat…
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