INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND
SCULPTURE
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I t is indeed chiefly these branches, textile work, metal work an
I H M I H d e '°ratiVe that have produced B
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Textile work is divided naturally into embroideries and wove]
materials. Embroidery, both white and coloured, was long ag,
executed with much artistic skill. Gorgeous chassies from J e
I H I B , J lbit work of a WgMy artistic character. Th, Sill SBB :* H preserv'ed in ma^ parts °f I Z f S J î “ c“ ‘ co lo ' ” d * * *
Among our national woven articles, the cloths with figurei
W o J J ° n i & °lCCUPJ ^ esPeciaUy prominent position. On«
c e n t u r v T t ? B l f l a P P a r e n % f r o m t h é 1 2 tb
’ J . r e p r e s e n t s tw o o f t h e m o n t h s i n a l l e g o r i c a l f i g u r e s
arch 18 i a ra87nent- The figures are woven into romanesque
ches and the entire composition, the dresses and the border
consisting of plants and birds, recalls the Bayeux tapestry. With
this, probably foreign, exception, our wealth of picture-weavings
Norwegian Woven Cloth.