A text book dealing with ornamental design for woven fabrics (1897)
Stephenson, Charles, Suddards, F · London : Methuen ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 249
abric,and the same abstract rendering that has been pointedout in the examples given of Italian textile ornament is againpresent : the birds—depicted in the act of flying—are so farremoved from the realistic as to be quite satisfactory whenseen multiplied in the woven fabric, and the action of… … DIAGRAM 61 tive treatment of a bird form within a square, and a further l nv^ \ 535 example is given in Diagram 61, which ^a^ o 1S trom a Japanese design that seems to suggest birds swimming on water. The parts of a bird—such as thewings and feathers—have also greatbeauty both in form and colour,…
Textile fabrics · Design
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