324.  Coiled basket with geometric ornament 221 325.  Coiled basket with geometric ornament 223 326.  Coiled tray with geometric ornament 224 327.  Coiled tray with geometric ornament 225 328.  Tray with geometric ornament 225 329.  Tray with geometric ornament 226 330.  Ornament produced by wrapping the strands 227 331.  Ornament produced by fixing strands to the surface of the fabric 227 332.  Basket with feather ornamentation 227 333.  Basket with feather ornamentation 227 334.  Piece of cloth showing use of supplementary warp and woof 228 335.  Piece of cloth showing use of supplementary warp and woof 228 336.  Example of grass embroidery 230 337.  Example of feather embroidery 231 338.  Figures from the Penn wampum belt 233 339.  Figures from a California Indian basket 234 340.  California Indian basket 234 341.  Figures from a Peruvian basket 235 342.  Figure from a piece of Peruvian gobelins 236 343.  Figures from a Peruvian vase 237 344.  Figure from a circular basket 238 345.  Figure of a bird from a Zuni shield 239 346.  Figure of a bird woven in a tray 240 347.  Figure of a bird woven in a basket 241 348.  Figures embroidered on a cotton net by the ancient Peruvians 242 349.  Figures of birds embroidered by the ancient Peruvians 243 350.  Conventional design painted upon cotton cloth 243 351.  Herring bone and checker patterns produced in weaving 246 352.  Herring bone and checker patterns engraved in clay 246 353.  Earthen vase with textile ornament 247 354.  Example of textile ornament painted upon pottery 248 355.  Textile pattern transferred to pottery through costume 248 356.  Ceremonial adz with carved ornament of textile character 250 357.  Figures upon a tapa stamp 251 358.  Design in stucco exhibiting textile characters 251

TEXTILE ART IN ITS RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORM AND ORNAMENT.

By William H. Holmes.

INTRODUCTION.

The textile art is one of the most ancient known, dating back to the very inception of culture.  In primitive times it occupied a wide field, embracing the stems of numerous branches of industry now expressed in other materials or relegated to distinct systems of construction.  Accompanying the gradual narrowing of its sphere there was a steady development with the general increase of intelligence and skill so that with the cultured nations of to-day it takes an important, though unobtrusive, place in the hierarchy of the arts.