Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 132
112 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN. surface may become feeble and unsatisfactory if falling upon a waved ground. I have said that strij^es or straight lines, if cros/siiig a folded fabric, are satisfactory. This is so in almost all cases, the only exception being in ladies' dresses. Here lines crossing the… … such as we have in Regent Street, London, and in the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, we see some of these fabrics of a most interesting character. To state in a concise form the laws which should govern the application of ornament to certain fabrics which are to be seen in folds, I should say — • 1st.…
Decoration and ornament
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