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An introduction to the study of textile design

Barker, A. F. (Aldred Farrer), b. 1868 · 1903 · London : Methuen · 18 pictures

A 1903 London textbook by A. F. Barker, a textile design instruction manual for students learning weave and pattern construction. Its pictures are grid-based weave diagrams with black and white squares, diagonal bands, checkerboards and lozenge shapes, which a designer could use as source material for geometric repeats, tile-like surface patterns and woven textures.

Textile design

Internet Archive · Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library