A text book dealing with ornamental design for woven fabrics (1897)
Stephenson, Charles, Suddards, F · London : Methuen ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 171
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… … tine v^Hfrustrcmn £ Qrou/tK. DIAGRAM 56. The principle of fitness demands an appropriatenessbetween a design and the material to which it isapplied ; for instance, a design that would be suitable fora printed cotton would not do for a carpet, or a design fora velvet would be out of place and clumsy…
Textile fabrics · Design
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