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Lecture IIL
Some Hints
on Patterns
Designing*
so we will say that the special qualities needful for
a good design for woven stuff are breadth & bold'
ness, ingenuity and closeness of invention, clear
definite detail joined to intricacy of parts,&,finally,
a distinct appeal to the imagination by skilful
suggestion of delightful pieces of nature*
In saying this about woven stuffs I have been
thinking of goods woven by the shuttle in the
common looms,whichproducerecurringpatterns;
there are, however, two forms of the weaver's craft
which are outside these, and on which I will say
a few words: first, the art of tapestry weaving, in
which the subjects are so elaborate that, of neces'
sity, it has thrown aside all mechanical aid, and is
wrought by the most primitive process of weav'
mg, its loom being a tool rather than a machine*
U nder these circumstances it would be somewhat
of a waste of labour to weave recurring patterns in
it,thoughinlessmechanicaltimesithasbeendone*
I have said that you could scarcely bring a whole
bush into a room for your wall decoration, but
since in this case the mechanical imitationsare so
few, and the colour obtainable in its materials is so
deep, rich, & varied, as to be unattainable by any'
thing else than the hand of a good painter in a
finished picture, you really may almost turn your
wall into a rose hedge or a deep forest, for its ma'
terial and general capabilities almost compel us
to fashion plane above plane of rich, crisp, and
varying foliage with bright blossoms, or strange
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Some Hints
on Patterns
Designing*
so we will say that the special qualities needful for
a good design for woven stuff are breadth & bold'
ness, ingenuity and closeness of invention, clear
definite detail joined to intricacy of parts,&,finally,
a distinct appeal to the imagination by skilful
suggestion of delightful pieces of nature*
In saying this about woven stuffs I have been
thinking of goods woven by the shuttle in the
common looms,whichproducerecurringpatterns;
there are, however, two forms of the weaver's craft
which are outside these, and on which I will say
a few words: first, the art of tapestry weaving, in
which the subjects are so elaborate that, of neces'
sity, it has thrown aside all mechanical aid, and is
wrought by the most primitive process of weav'
mg, its loom being a tool rather than a machine*
U nder these circumstances it would be somewhat
of a waste of labour to weave recurring patterns in
it,thoughinlessmechanicaltimesithasbeendone*
I have said that you could scarcely bring a whole
bush into a room for your wall decoration, but
since in this case the mechanical imitationsare so
few, and the colour obtainable in its materials is so
deep, rich, & varied, as to be unattainable by any'
thing else than the hand of a good painter in a
finished picture, you really may almost turn your
wall into a rose hedge or a deep forest, for its ma'
terial and general capabilities almost compel us
to fashion plane above plane of rich, crisp, and
varying foliage with bright blossoms, or strange
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