Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; · leaf 32
xtiles are distinguishedby texture qualities that raise them above wood andstone and brick and plaster and porcelain and paintand the metals. In which connection it is interestingto note that the word, as well as the quality, isprimarily associated with textiles, texture being Latinfor weave. Not… … 28 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN interest that has exalted the fame of Oriental loomsduring the past twenty years, making them thesubject of books and magazine articles galore. AndGothic and Renaissance tapestries, with their coarse,horizontal ribs and long and slender vertical hatch-ings, possess…
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