Decorative Textiles: An Illustrated Book On Coverings For Furniture, Walls And Floors, Including Damasks, Brocades And Velvets, Tapestries, Laces, Embroideries, Chintzes, Cretones, Drapery And Furniture Trimmings, Wall Papers, Carpets And Rugs, Tooled And Illuminated Leathers
George Leland Hunter's 1918 illustrated survey of decorative textiles covers damasks, tapestries, rugs and other furnishing fabrics, written for designers and craftsmen. The plates show a Louis XV silver-style damask panel, a Spanish tapestry of a hunting scene after Teniers, Egyptian and Persian patterned textiles and a Kirman flower-garden rug, giving a designer ready examples of medallion, floral and pictorial repeat layouts.
