. Cotton . Cotton gauf^e, pre-historic Peru.(American Museum of Natural History) [35] A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF A GREAT FIBRE occurring, and a combination of hard and soft twist, to give a perfectcylindrical quality for fine tapestry warps, shows that their resultswere never accidental. They understood the practical and artisticvalues of the crepe twist and often used it in their weaves. Their fabrics vary from coarse ducks to exquisite cloth, ginghams, voiles, brocades, embroidery (most expert,and built on entirely new principles), leno, tapestry, pile knots, laceand resist dyeing
. Cotton . Cotton gauf^e, pre-historic Peru.(American Museum of Natural History) [35] A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF A GREAT FIBRE occurring, and a combination of hard and soft twist, to give a perfectcylindrical quality for fine tapestry warps, shows that their resultswere never accidental. They understood the practical and artisticvalues of the crepe twist and often used it in their weaves. Their fabrics vary from coarse ducks to exquisite cloth, ginghams, voiles, brocades, embroidery (most expert,and built on entirely new principles), leno, tapestry, pile knots, laceand resist dyeing roller and block printing, give a good idea of, butby no means exhaust, their technical list. Their finest fabrics were spun and woven in the womensconvents. The inmates were in theory the virgin brides of the sunand devoted their lives and talents to making beautiful fabrics forthe Incas and those whom the Incas delighted to honor. But even in. Embroidered cotton veil of pre-Inca Princess. The delicacy of yarn and theperfection of spinning mark this as a textile masterpiece. (American Museum of Natural History) [36] A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF A GREAT FIBRE graves of the humblest nature, the same techniques occur, the samedesigns and colors. Peruvian designs must in fairness be ranked among the worldsgreatest decorative arts. It is true that their national character unfitsthem to some degree for our use without modification. They had areligious and tribal significance to their creators, a relationship totheir aspirations and hopes and lives that is of course lacking for it satisfied them completely, and expressed their attitude towardsboth the material and the spiritual world.
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