Kelley, Charles Fabens, 1885-, Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), Mowll, William Luther, joint author · Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 27
ts almost entirely of spots, whichare in this case formed by holes cut out of the cloth. Spotrepetitions are seen more frequently and definitely in thetextile products of early civilization than in more highlydeveloped work. The reason is, perhaps, that as spots areso simple and rudimentary when… … Fig. 5. COPTIC BORDER 12 SPOT COMPOSITION glance (Figs. 5 and C). This cannot fail to convey the mostpowerful sensation to untutored minds. Advancing civili-zation, constantly evolving a more complex mental atti-tude, has demanded more elaborate designs to satisfy a lesseasily pleased sense of the…
Decoration and ornament
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