Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretonnes, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers . Plate XIII—MILLE-FLEUR TAPESTRY COVERINGSMade in America. PLATE XIV—MODERN TAPESTRY-COVERED SOFAMade in America 320 TAPESTRY FURNITURE COVERINGS I am glad to be able to answer that nearly all of the modern establish-ments weaving tapestries use exclusively the same dye materials aswere used in the sixteenth century, an
Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretonnes, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers . Plate XIII—MILLE-FLEUR TAPESTRY COVERINGSMade in America. PLATE XIV—MODERN TAPESTRY-COVERED SOFAMade in America 320 TAPESTRY FURNITURE COVERINGS I am glad to be able to answer that nearly all of the modern establish-ments weaving tapestries use exclusively the same dye materials aswere used in the sixteenth century, and compound them in the samemanner as they were compounded in the sixteenth century. For illus-tration of these materials, see page 253 of my book on , the wool of which has been properly washed—with enoughof the lanolin left in to keep it alive—and the wool and silk of whichhave been skilfully dyed with these vegetable dyes, are just as per-manent in colour as ancient Gothic and Renaissance tapestries, andmuch more permanent than most of those of the seventeenth century,and many of those of the eighteenth century. Tapestries of wool orsilk that have been dyed with aniline dyes are not worth house tapestry maker who admits the use of anilines in his work shouldbe avoided. MODERN CARTOONS Anoth
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