Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 129
L13 OK \\\ MENTATION OK FABRICS SEEN IN lor. lis. 3rd. If curves are tender and graceful, they become commonplace od a w. or folded ground. Itli. The size of the pattern should be considered in relation to the size of the folds of the material. … Fig. 93. In Germany a kind of ornament is applied to rich stiff fabrics which is almost peculiar to the country. This ornament is rich, bold, hard or stiff in its lines, and in every way adapted for the decoration of a costly fabric which falls in large folds, the folds changing- the hard and stiff…
Decoration and ornament
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