DESIGN SUBSERVES COLOR IN THESE ICA SHAWLS 

 The embroidered design decorating this fabric is a representation of the puma god repeatedly reproduced 

 in varying color combinations, and the units of design, in this and the other shawl-like garments from lea in 

 the Juilliard collection, are employed as convenient forms for the massing of colors rather than to exhibit 

 beauty of line. The color combinations achieved in these fabrics are exquisite beyond description, implying a 

 knowledge of color values as fine as the world has ever seen. The figures are in blues, greens, reds, browns, 

 and yellows, on a black ground, while in the border the groundwork is red, and black is used in the figures. 

 All the decorative arts of today requiring the use of strong color could profit inestimably by a study of these 

 perfect specimens 



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