Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 127
ta. Thepatterns of dresses mayconsist of narrow, ver-tical stripes, as theseare collected togetherat the waist of th ■figure, and fall intograceful curves withany motion of thebody, but the very op-posite is the case withwindow-hangings. Allvertical stripes arehere highly offensive,while horizontal… … Fig. 92. Algerian warehouses, such as we have inRegent Street, London, and in the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, we see some of thesefabrics of a most interesting character. To state in a concise form the laws which should govern the application ofornament to certain fabrics which arc to be seen in folds,…
Decoration and ornament
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