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On the interior arrangement and decoration of the house
DOI article:Textile fabrics
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Textile Fabrics
WOOL CARPET DESIGNED BY C. F. A. VOYSEY
EXECUTED BY WHITWELL & CO., LTD.
FOR HEAL & SON
most satisfactory that could be chosen. At any
rate the late William Morris, freely as he treated
carpet design for British homes, yet always kept
the ideal of the best Persian work before him.
The colouring scheme he adopted is generally of
the simplest, consisting of indigo and madder for
the filling and border, relieved by smaller details
in white, green, yellow and salmon-pink.
Two small hearthrugs, the " Ranunculus " (p. 199)
and the "Cherry Tree" (p. 196), the latter with a
■WOOL CARPET DESIGNED BY CECIL MILLAR
FOR HEAL & SON
cream filling within a dark-blue border, with vine
leaves in lighter blue ; and two larger rugs, the
" American Spray " (p. 196), measuring 7 ft. by 4 ft.,
and the "Little Tree" (p. 199), measuring 9 ft. by
4 ft., are here reproduced.
Next follow three carpets designed by Mr. C. F.
A. Voysey, viz., a three-ply carpet (above) for
194
Messrs. Heal & Son, and two carpets with borders
for Messrs. Tomkinson & Adam (p. 201). One
of them is a conventional vine pattern, the other
of more abstract floral forms.
Three more three-ply carpets, designed for
Messrs. Heal & Son (all on this page), comprise
one by Mr. V. S. Smith, and two by Mr. Cecil
Millar, the latter being a vine pattern constructed
WOOL CARPET DESIGNED BY V. S. SMITH
EXECUTED BY WHITWELL & CO., LTD.
FOR HEAL & SON
on very rigid lines like the bonding of stretchers
and shorts in brickwork.
Of the two examples of pile rugs by the Dun Emer
Guild (p. 197), one is a treatment of water plants,
while the other has an abstract ornament of more
Eastern outline.
Eight designs of Messrs. Liberty's are illustrated.
An Axminster border (p. 198) is a simple pattern
in pale yellow-green on a darker blue-green ground.
A Wilton border (p. 201) of geometrically fashioned
WOOL CARPET DESIGNED BY CECIL MILLAR
FOR HEAL & SON
WOOL CARPET DESIGNED BY C. F. A. VOYSEY
EXECUTED BY WHITWELL & CO., LTD.
FOR HEAL & SON
most satisfactory that could be chosen. At any
rate the late William Morris, freely as he treated
carpet design for British homes, yet always kept
the ideal of the best Persian work before him.
The colouring scheme he adopted is generally of
the simplest, consisting of indigo and madder for
the filling and border, relieved by smaller details
in white, green, yellow and salmon-pink.
Two small hearthrugs, the " Ranunculus " (p. 199)
and the "Cherry Tree" (p. 196), the latter with a
■WOOL CARPET DESIGNED BY CECIL MILLAR
FOR HEAL & SON
cream filling within a dark-blue border, with vine
leaves in lighter blue ; and two larger rugs, the
" American Spray " (p. 196), measuring 7 ft. by 4 ft.,
and the "Little Tree" (p. 199), measuring 9 ft. by
4 ft., are here reproduced.
Next follow three carpets designed by Mr. C. F.
A. Voysey, viz., a three-ply carpet (above) for
194
Messrs. Heal & Son, and two carpets with borders
for Messrs. Tomkinson & Adam (p. 201). One
of them is a conventional vine pattern, the other
of more abstract floral forms.
Three more three-ply carpets, designed for
Messrs. Heal & Son (all on this page), comprise
one by Mr. V. S. Smith, and two by Mr. Cecil
Millar, the latter being a vine pattern constructed
WOOL CARPET DESIGNED BY V. S. SMITH
EXECUTED BY WHITWELL & CO., LTD.
FOR HEAL & SON
on very rigid lines like the bonding of stretchers
and shorts in brickwork.
Of the two examples of pile rugs by the Dun Emer
Guild (p. 197), one is a treatment of water plants,
while the other has an abstract ornament of more
Eastern outline.
Eight designs of Messrs. Liberty's are illustrated.
An Axminster border (p. 198) is a simple pattern
in pale yellow-green on a darker blue-green ground.
A Wilton border (p. 201) of geometrically fashioned
WOOL CARPET DESIGNED BY CECIL MILLAR
FOR HEAL & SON