A text book dealing with ornamental design for woven fabrics (1897)
Stephenson, Charles, Suddards, F · London : Methuen ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 170
take its character. The rest of the design must besubdued and act as a kind of background. This sup-pressing of one part for the enhancement of another isusually very difficult to students, especially beginners ; theywant to put all they know into every part. It is like apublic speaker who begins… … DIAGRAM 52. ORNAMENTAL DESIGN To design well, the same as to speak well, there must alwaysbe an appearance of force in reserve. A comparison ofDiagram 42 and Fig. 3, Plate XXXV., will show what ismeant. The first is almost without subordination ; in thesecond, the ribbon wave line is subdued in…
Textile fabrics · Design
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