Identifier: decorativetextil00hunt (find matches)
Title: Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile design Lace and lace making Embroidery Wallpaper Leatherwork Interior decoration Tapestry
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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xbury, Mass. Plates 36, 37, Tropical Scenes, from the Hamhouse at Peabody, Mass. Plates 38, 39, On the Bosporus, from ahome in ISIontpelier, Vt. Plates 56, 57. Scenes from Paris. Plates65-69, The Adventures of Telemachus. Plates 71-76, The OlympicGames, made in France, and imported to Boston about 1800, butnever hung. Plates 77-79, The Lady of the Lake, scenes illustratingScotts famous poem, and still hanging in good condition on the wallsof houses in Greenbush, Mass.; AVayland, JMass.; Portsmouth, N. H.Plates 81-83, The Seasons, a grey monotone on the library of Pro-fessor Young at Hanover, N. H. BAXDBOXES Nor should I forget the little sisters of wall papers, bandboxes,so many of which were adorned with scenes block-printed on j)aper.A large collection of these was made by my friend, the late Alex-ander W. Drake. Many of them bear the names of the wall papermanufacturers who printed them. The most important part of thiscollection was acquired for the New York Cooper Union Museum.37i
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Plate X—WALTER CRANES MACAW
In many respects the most delightful paper produced by the famous English firm that William Morris founded. Note the strength of the design and the gentleness of the colouration. Walter Crane stands at the head of all modern designers of wall paper, in the opinion of many

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