212 TEXTILE ART IN RELATION TO FORM AND ORNAMENT. 



widely used and effective resources of the textile decorator, and are 

 added by sewing or stitching, inserting, drawing, cutting, applying, 

 ajjpending, &c. They add enormously to the capacity for producing 

 relievo effects and make it possible even to render natui-al forms in 

 the round. Notwithstanding this fact — the most important section 

 of this class of featiires — embroidery is treated to better advantage 

 under color phenomena, as color is very generally associated with the 

 designs. 



One example of lace-like embroidery may be given in this place. 

 It is probably among the best examjiles of monochrome embroidery 

 AmtTic-i lias ])ruduced. In desi,i;ii and in ini'tlmd of realization it is 

 identical with I lie rich, colored cnilircidcrics df tlic ancient Peruvians, 

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band of figures employs bird forms in connection ^vith running 

 geometric designs, and still more highly conventional bird forms are 

 seen in (he narmw band. 



Appcndcil i.inaincMts are not amenable to the geometric laws of 

 fabricat i( m U ) the extent observed in other classes of ornament. Thev 



