Principles of decorative design . at the beauty of a profusion mi m of blossdiu (luouyli his tenderlyformed pattern. Vet a carpet must be neutralin its general effect, as it is thebackground on which ol^jectsrest. Neutrality of eflect is oftwo kinds. Large masses oftertiary or neutral colours wallachieve its production, so alsowill the juxtaposition of theprimaiy colours in small quan-tities, either alone or with thesecondary colours, and black orwhite; but there will be thisdifterence between the two effects—that produced by low-tonedcolours will be simply neutraljwhile that produced by the p
Principles of decorative design . at the beauty of a profusion mi m of blossdiu (luouyli his tenderlyformed pattern. Vet a carpet must be neutralin its general effect, as it is thebackground on which ol^jectsrest. Neutrality of eflect is oftwo kinds. Large masses oftertiary or neutral colours wallachieve its production, so alsowill the juxtaposition of theprimaiy colours in small quan-tities, either alone or with thesecondary colours, and black orwhite; but there will be thisdifterence between the two effects—that produced by low-tonedcolours will be simply neutraljwhile that produced by the pri-mary colours will be bloomyas well as neutral, and if yellowsand reds slightly predominate inthe intermingling of colours, theeffect will be glowing or radiant. The radiant, or glowing,bloomy neutrality of effect isthat which it is most desirablethat a carpet should present. This effect is rarely pro-duced in English carpets, owingeither to the want of skill onthe part of the ornamentist, whois unable to produce such works;. the want of judgment on the part of the manufacturer, whereby he fails to producesuch patterns ; or the want of taste on the part of the consumer, owing to which hebuys works of a more vulgar character. I have designed carpets in which I havesought to realise as nuicli of this effect I could with six colours—the number to 102 PinXCIPLES OK Dj:SIGN. which I have heen limited Ijy the crmditions of manufacture, and fortunately theseappear to be commanding- a large sale, and to be setting a fashion in carpets ; butthose who wish to stud^- these bloomy effects in their more perfect forms, must do so inthe carpets of India, Persia, Smyrna, and IMoi-occo, but esjwcially in the Indian of the carpets from India are perfect mar\e]s of colour-harmony, and of radiant bloom. They appear to glowas a l)cd of Howers in the sunshine,and yet they are neutral in theirgeneral effect, and when placed inan apartment do not usurp a primaryplace, as does any p
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