Traditional Methods of Pattern Designing: An Introduction to the Study of Decorative Art

327 pp. 31 black-and-white plates follow text. CONTENTS: The Origin of Decoration; The Development of Typical Forms of Ornament; The Classification of Patterns; Powdered Designs Formed of Floral Elements; Further Developments of Floral Elements; Geometrical Designs; Designs Formed of Geometrical and Floral Work Combines; Animal Forms Used in Designs; Designs Formed of Straight Parallel Bands; Developments of Band Designs; Borders and Crestings, and Surface Decoration Derived from Them; Designs Formed by Imposing One Pattern Upon Another; Designs Formed by Counterchanging Elements; Interlacing Band-Designs and Knot-Work.