Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; · leaf 282
in such a way as to produce the effect ofcomplete artificiality and formal pattern. Of Gothicverdures the Baillee des Roses at the MetropolitanMuseum, is a fair example; of Renaissance ver-dures the two cabbage-leaf panels framed in glassat the head of the stairs in the Decorative ArtsWing, and the… … 266 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN figure-pieces (See chapter V, under Merton)—are hardly worth doing at all in tapestry. The sameeffect can be got at less cost by printing wall-paperor cretonne, or by maching-weaving. William Mor-ris said: Tapestry is not fit for anything but figure-work. I should amend…
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