. 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. CJ c. 6 Ji ^ s 3 £ 1 ty c/: r^i a ii i^i 1—1 A^ — s > c o K ti X 5 X! Xi X HCO a OSS (S b C C/3HJ < a;E TAPESTRY FURNITURE COVERINGS witli little or none of the gold left. I fear that sometimes the silverrihbon used as a base got its golden yellow not from the king of metals,but like illuminated leathers, from ye
. 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. CJ c. 6 Ji ^ s 3 £ 1 ty c/: r^i a ii i^i 1—1 A^ — s > c o K ti X 5 X! Xi X HCO a OSS (S b C C/3HJ < a;E TAPESTRY FURNITURE COVERINGS witli little or none of the gold left. I fear that sometimes the silverrihbon used as a base got its golden yellow not from the king of metals,but like illuminated leathers, from yellow lawiuer (see Chapter XX).The base used for the tinsel today is copper, that grows old moregracefully. If I had my way I would introduce gold into all exceptthe very coarsest tapestries, so nuich do I admire the effect of its con-trast Avith the roses and blues in silk, and the flesh colours in wool. VKRUVKKS Amongst the most interesting tapestries ever woAcn are the LateGothic mille fleurs that inspired so many of the tapestries designed byBin-ne-Jones and Morris, and made in England at Merton nearIjondon in tJie last (juarter of the nineteenth century. One of theseEnglish tapestries is illustrated on Plate IX of Chapter XII. Howtwo American makers have adapted Late
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