. 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. m^mm H-f::(!;iili:!ilif.: ? ?-^^^•-? ?-: •?~3??S?j;.,. ~ ?.T^-. i^: Ilitlc I—ANCIENT l{l/ I-, ON iJUAWN partly finislu-d and hence illustrating the process in detail. Plate II —IlNTO IN AKIA N After- it eiiiMnci|)ated itself from tlie retieclla freonietrical
. 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. m^mm H-f::(!;iili:!ilif.: ? ?-^^^•-? ?-: •?~3??S?j;.,. ~ ?.T^-. i^: Ilitlc I—ANCIENT l{l/ I-, ON iJUAWN partly finislu-d and hence illustrating the process in detail. Plate II —IlNTO IN AKIA N After- it eiiiMnci|)ated itself from tlie retieclla freonietrical tradition. Note tlie vivacity of tlie birds and tlie exi|iiisite warnitli of the leaves and flowers 8-i LACES guipure, or even the geoiiietiieal and primitive needlepoint reticclla. Especially to he commended is tlie fact that lace curtains tonethe light Avithout quenching it. Xothing is more uglj^ or moreinjurious to the eyesight than the burning glare and shadow ofuncurtained windows, or of windows where the amount of light is con-trolled only by opaque roller shades. Daylight is usually bearable out of doors where distant vistasrelieve the vision, but daylight for indoor use requires quite as muchskill to control and temper as does artificial light. THE ORIGIN OF I,ACE At this point the question naturally arises: What is lace? Howis it distinguished from embroidery and from the product of the loom? The answer, of course, is: It isnt. Some lace is embroideryand some lace
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