. Colour in woven design . k A u ii A I A A | <i I A :<«M& i!i! fl\ r ,* i^^r^i!:! PLATE XIV. ELEMENTS OF TEXTILE COLOURING.—STE1PES. 8 threads of lavender. 147 2 „ „ gold. 8 ,, ,, lavender. 2 „ ,, claret brown and white twist. 2 „ „ lavender. 2 ,, „ claret brown and white the claret brown, when twisted with white, is not sobright and intense as the scarlet and gold, it has beenadvantageously used in larger quantities than these forms pairs of small lines, which materially enhance thechoiceness of the pattern. In this style only two sizes ofstripes are adopted, yet if

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. Colour in woven design . k A u ii A I A A | <i I A :<«M& i!i! fl\ r ,* i^^r^i!:! PLATE XIV. ELEMENTS OF TEXTILE COLOURING.—STE1PES. 8 threads of lavender. 147 2 „ „ gold. 8 ,, ,, lavender. 2 „ ,, claret brown and white twist. 2 „ „ lavender. 2 ,, „ claret brown and white the claret brown, when twisted with white, is not sobright and intense as the scarlet and gold, it has beenadvantageously used in larger quantities than these forms pairs of small lines, which materially enhance thechoiceness of the pattern. In this style only two sizes ofstripes are adopted, yet if it had been developed in twocolours—say lavender and claret brown—no less than foureffects would have been formed : first, there would havebeen the eight-thread stripes of lavender, separated by a lineof claret and white twist; second, the eight-thread stripesof lavender, divided by duplex bands of claret and whitetwist; third, the two-thread stripes of claret; and fourth,the single two-thread strip

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