A text book dealing with ornamental design for woven fabrics (1897)
Stephenson, Charles, Suddards, F · London : Methuen ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 139
ornament has a distinct growth inone direction, and runs round the border continuously.For some forms of applied art this is not a difficulty at all,but for a woven fabric which must have the two side borderssymmetrically equal, the top and bottom borders also equal,and the corners each the same,… … DIAGRAM 28. BORDERS, CORNERS, ANGLES, ETC Vertebrate or running borders can, however, be mostreadily used by adopting another and not uncommonmethod in decorative fabrics, viz., by letting the designstart from or run round the corners, and introducing astop in the middle of each border, as in…
Textile fabrics · Design
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