Dresser, Christopher · London ; New York : Cassell Petter & Galpin · leaf 127
orms the backgroundto many old pictures,a most interesting col-lection of which existsin the museum ofCologne, and is cer-tainly worthy of themost careful study. As to flat silkwall-damasks, whichare used in some ofthe ujjper-class housesas wall-paj)ers are usedin the middle-classhouses, all that… … Fig. 94. wall is better treated as a wall, and not so covered with drapery as to leave spacefor vermin between the wall and its enrichment. There is also the further objectionthat the lines where the fabric is joined are visible, and these are most certainlyobjectionable. Besides the illustrations…
Decoration and ornament
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