Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and (14598109398)

Identifier: decorativetextil00hunt (find matches)
Title: Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile design Lace and lace making Embroidery Wallpaper Leatherwork Interior decoration Tapestry
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library



Text Appearing Before Image:
(1) Satin rep (•2) Silk damask
Text Appearing After Image:
(3) Antique damaskPlate D—DAMASK WEAVES02 FUNDAMENTAL AND MODERN WEAVES also to the French hrochc, which is derived from brochc. the wordthat designates the pointed hohbin of the high-warp tapestry loom.Real tapestry dejiends for its figures upon contrasts of colouredthreads, whilst damask depends jirimarily not upon colour contrast, butupon line contrast, i. e., the contrast of the ribs of partly coveredwefts with warp satin ground, or of warp satin figures with gros-grain or rep or twill groimd. Plate D 2 is a typical silk damask withfigures that have the horizontal ribbed effect of grosgrain taflfetabecause of the coarseness of the partly covered wefts, but that arereally in weft twill, as can be seen from the back that is a pronouncedwarjj twill with sharp diagonal ribs. We have then in the figuresboth diagonal rib and horizontal line effects that contrast boldly withthe vertical line effects of the satin ground, giving the peculiar con-trasts of light and shade cliaracteristic