Die textile Kunst für sich betrachtet und in Beziehung zur Baukunst
A German-language treatise from 1860 on textile art considered on its own and in relation to architecture, published by Verlag für Kunst und Wissenschaft and held by the ETH-Bibliothek, aimed at architects and decorative designers. The plates pair woven and patterned fabric designs with architectural ornament such as a carved Ionic-style capital, wall panels and bands of decorative pattern, showing how textile motifs were meant to relate to building decoration. A designer could draw on the geometric lattices, diamond and lozenge repeats, and the scroll-and-leaf carving to see how surface pattern moves between cloth and stone.
