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Title: Textile school catalog, 1915-1916
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
Subjects: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art--School catalogs Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art--School catalogs Philadelphia Museum School of Art--School catalogs Philadelphia Museum College of Art--School catalogs Philadelphia College of Art-- School catalogs Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts--School catalogs University of the Arts--School catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
Contributing Library: University of the Arts (Philadelphia), University Libraries
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FABRIC EXAMINING AND TESTING LABORATORY. colors, counts of warp and filling, take-up in weaving.—Amount ofeach color and material required in a given length of goods. Fabric Structure.—Is studied in part by observation and de-ductions based on the results obtained in the thorough analysis offabrics which may be remarkable for their good or bad qualities.This subject also includes the organization of specifications, designsand colorings for prescribed fabrics, the majority of which are exe-cuted by the student, thus enabling him to see the actual result ofhis thought. 44
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REGULAR COURSE—FIRST YEAR FREE=HAND DRAWING Looking at a thing does not necessarily indicate seeing a thing.Free-hand drawing taxes the former to* insure the latter. So muchfrom a practical standpoint. Furthermore, free-hand drawing culti-vates a better taste, which is an essential in all embellishments, andthus becomes a necessity for the appreciation and acquirement ofthe subsequent studies of figured design, color harmony, etc. FIGURED DESIGN Designing does not simply indicate an indiscriminate decoration,but the exercise of care in the appropriateness of embellishments,whether such be used for the highest flowery design of a carpet orthe simple lines of trouserings or shirtings. In textiles this becomesmore apparent when we consider not only the decorations and uses,but likewise the markets for which they are intended; hence specialattention is paid to original drawings of natural forms, their conven-tionalization, history of ornament, and theory of color. COLOR HARMONY This sub

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