A text book dealing with ornamental design for woven fabrics (1897)
Stephenson, Charles, Suddards, F · London : Methuen ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 83
a drop, say of one-third the height, as in Diagram13, or of one-quarter the height, as in Diag-bam 14, butregarded as a repeating pattern in which a good evendistribution is desired, the result is not so satisfactory, whilethe width of the repeat is greater. There is a decidedtendency for a bar to… … DIAGRAM DIAGRAM 14 either the horizontal, vertical, or diagonal stripes to assertthemselves unduly. The shorter the drop, the worse theresult is, producing a more pronounced stripe and makingthe width of the repeat greater and more expensive towork out, without any compensating value regarded…
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