Principles of decorative design . Fig. 92. OliXAirEXTATTOX 01 IABlilCS SEEN IX 3Id. If curves are tender and graceful, they become commonplace on a wavedor folded ground. 4th. The size of the pattern should be considered in relation to the size of thefolds of the Fig. 93. In Germany a kind of ornament is applied to rich stiff fabrics which is almostpeculiar to the country. This ornament is rich, bold, hard or stiff in its lines, andin every way adapted for the decoration of a costly fabric which falls in large folds,the folds changing the hard and stiff lines into grace
Principles of decorative design . Fig. 92. OliXAirEXTATTOX 01 IABlilCS SEEN IX 3Id. If curves are tender and graceful, they become commonplace on a wavedor folded ground. 4th. The size of the pattern should be considered in relation to the size of thefolds of the Fig. 93. In Germany a kind of ornament is applied to rich stiff fabrics which is almostpeculiar to the country. This ornament is rich, bold, hard or stiff in its lines, andin every way adapted for the decoration of a costly fabric which falls in large folds,the folds changing the hard and stiff lines into graceful curves. This should also benoted respecting these curious yet beautiful patterns, that they are always simple in 114 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN. plaii; however rich in detail, and are invariably founded on a geometrical basis. German Gothic is a name by which such ornament may be distinguished (HatGothic ornament has alwa}s ])een quite distinct from the stone and metal ornamentsof Gothic buildings, which have solid and not merely superficial form), see Fig-s. 92 and 9:}. This parti- cular class of ornamentforms the backgroundto many old pictures,a most interesting col-lection of which existsin the museum ofCologne, and is cer-tainly worthy of themost careful study. As to flat silk
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