22(! TEXTILE AKT IN RELATION TO FORM AND ORNAMENT. 



The prueessoM)!' puvv ^coiucti u ( lahonitinn-witli wliich this section 

 is mainly concerned can he --tuched to hcst advantage in more prim- 

 itive forms of art. 



ii.imfni luobably modified by 



Non-essential const nidi ve features. — '!!^i>\\\ all the varied effects 

 of colorandde.signdei5crihedin tlieprecfdiii^ |i ii.ui.ipli^.irfohtaiiied 

 without seriou.sl> modifying the simple m ■ . -~ n \ > nn-,! i urtiun. witli- 

 out resorting to the multii)le extraordinai \ dt \ m -~ u it luii easy reach. 

 The development and utilization of the latter class of resources must 

 now receive attention, lu the preceding examples, when it was de- 

 sired tobegiu a figii re in color the normal ui uimd tiLmu-nt wasdi'opjjed 



out and a colored (me set into its j)! I m mIc to iill its (iffice 



while it remained ; but wefiiid tliat iiini,in\ i la--i-iit wi irk the colored 

 elements were added to the essential i)arts, not substituted for them, 

 althougli they are usually of use in perfecting the fabric by adding to 

 serviceability as well as to beauty. This is illustrated, for exami'le. 

 by the doubling of oin' Miii s oi- of both warp and woof, by the intro- 

 duction of pile, by wrapping lilaments with strands of other colors, or 

 by twisting in feathers. Savage nations in all parts of the world are 

 acquainted with devices of this class and employ them with great 

 freedom. The effects produced often correspond closely to needle- 

 work, and the materials emi_)loyed are cifteii identical in Ijotli varieties 

 of execution. 



The following examples will serve to illustrate my meaning. The 

 effect seen in Fig. .330 is observed in a small hand wallet obtained in 

 Mexico. The fillets employed appear to be wide, flattened straws of 

 varied colors. In order to avoid the monotony of a plain checker cer- 

 tain of the light fillets are wrapped with thin fillets of dark tint in 

 such a way tliat when woven tlie dark color appears in small sipiares 

 plai-cd diagonally with the fundamental checkers. Additional crtVcts 

 arr )irodiu-(Mll)y covering certain portions of the filaments with straws 

 of distinct color, all being woven in with the fabric. By other devices 



