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Principles of decorative design (1873)

Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 122

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^"♦i PlilXCIPLES 01' DESION. which I have been limited by the conditions of manufacture, and fortunately these appear to be commanding a large sale, and to be setting- a fashion in carpets ; but those who wish to study these bloomy effects in their more perfect forms, must do so in the carpets of… … Fig. 82. Persian carpets are identical, being traditional, yet in colour they diffei', and both are worthy of much consideration. The Morocco carpets (Fig. 81) differ again from both those of India and Persia, and even to a greater degree than the Persian carpet differs from the Indian, In these…

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