Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and (14598181330)

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



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rather suggesting the qual-ities of, ancient Gothic pieces that have been softened by the rough-ness of the hand of Father Time. Shuttle tapestries of the double-warp type can be made only in comparatively simple verdure andlandscape designs, and in no way compete with real-tapestry picturepanels. But they are decoratively superior to new real-tapestryverdures of the same grade. Another imitation of real tapestry is needlework tapestry, somuch used to upholster furniture in the English styles of the seven-teenth and eighteenth centuries. It is in cross stitch, and does nothave strongly marked ribs running in one direction, but a squarepoint and lines running in both directions. When part of the surfaceis in fine stitch (petit point), such tapestries are properly called petitpoints (Plates VIII b, XIV, XVIII, XIX, XXIII in Chapter VI). PAINTED TAPESTRIES Still another kind of imitation tapestry is made by painting oncanvas, usually ribbed to give the suggestion of tapestry texture. 231
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Plate III—.WCIKXT PEHIVI.W TAPKSTRIKS AM) TAPESTRY FIGLHKD FABRICS111 the Americuii iluseum of Natural History, New York TAPESTRIES AND TirEIR IMITATIONS These painted imitations range from half-size copies of the famousLady with the Unicorn set of Late Gothic tapestries at the ClunyMuseum in Paris, to the detestahle Gobehn panels, the manufactureand sale of which brouglit ))rosperity for a numJ)er of years to a NewYork shop now extinct, whose i)roprietor used to repeat witli greatgusto a certain quotation from P. T. Earnum about humbugging thejjublic. It is a favoi-ite di\ersion with the editors of Sunday news-pa2:)ers to print long stories about the success of some young lady inmaking with the l)rush, re))r()(hutions of ancient Gobelin and Flemishtajjestries that cannot be told from the original, even hy an expert.In a carpet and rug store, tapestry is an imitation of brussels,made by printing the Avarp before weaving; or the imitation of thatimitation, made l)y printing after wea