ADAPTATIONS OF POTTERY DESIGNS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND NEW MEXICO, IN EMBROIDERY David Aaron & Co., Inc. AMERICAN PRINTS FROM ASIATIC BLOCKS Teakwood blocks from British India are here used to print designs on hand bags and other articles of New World use. In things of beauty America is the heir of all the ages-but she must learn to put something that is herself into whatever she accepts from the past Barbara Simonds 637 Cylinder printing was known to the Indians of Mexico, Colombia, and Peru, as well as to the Assyrians and Egyptians. Truly there is nothing new under the sun, for textile printing presses are looked upon as triumphs of modern engineering. And they are triumphs in the delicate adjustment of parts 638 Marshall Field & Co., Inc. In roller printing of textiles there must be a separate cylinder for each color. These cylinders must be ground down to exactly the same diameter and in the machine the registration must be perfect Marshall Field & Co., Inc. 639 In the popular blouses of today emphasis is laid on harmonious colors and on designs that have been refined to the point of simplicity. An effort has been made to relate the colors and the elements in the decoration to events in the world's history in accordance with primitive symbolism 640 B. O. Faulkner |