A text book dealing with ornamental design for woven fabrics (1897)
Stephenson, Charles, Suddards, F · London : Methuen ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 199
. illustrate somedifferent joinings of stalks drawn from nature, and also thesmall bract leaves that so often grow at the junction of abranch stalk with the main stem. In designing, this part ofthe construction is often made a great deal of, and muchingenuity may be displayed in varying it. A… … STIglCIU^e of OijiwieriTAL 182 ORNAMENTAL FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE and made almost cup-shaped. Fig. 2 has sheath leavesthat wrap round the stem instead of bracts. Fig. 3, thestalk is quite detached from the bract. In Fig. 4 the bractis exaggerated to a leaf that is gaily flowing in the wind likea flag…
Textile fabrics · Design
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