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Title: A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament
Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages
189-252)

Author: William H. Holmes

Release Date: February 9, 2006 [EBook #17730]

Language: English

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A STUDY OF THE TEXTILE ART
IN ITS RELATION TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF FORM AND ORNAMENT

BY

WILLIAM H. HOLMES.

Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology
to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 189-252

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CONTENTS.

Page
Introduction. 195
Form in textile art. 196
Relations of form to ornament. 201
Color in textile art. 201

Textile ornament. 202
Development of a geometric system within the art. 202
Introduction. 202
Relief phenomena. 203
Ordinary features. 203
Reticulated work. 210
Superconstructive features. 211
Color phenomena.