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Show DID WORK OF HIGH ORDER Designs Wrought by Ancient Peruvian Dyers Have Been Given Much Praise by Experts. Tlio ,'inciiMits of 1'oru, by n curious coincidence for there could not possibly pos-sibly lmvo been any Intercourse with their enntempomries in India and Enypt seem to have used much the stitne kind of processes in printing their designs . upon the fabrics they manufactured. Both Herodotus and TMiny, among early historians, have told ih about the cloths of vegetable fiber made by the ancients; but in all likelihood the fabrics of the Peruvians were of even a more remote date. In some respects the methods of today bear strong resemblance to the older practice. The chief difference consists con-sists in the patterns now being engraved en-graved upon copper rollers and several colors being printed at one time. Just as today the coloring matter of dyes Is. not atlixed by merely printing it on the material, but is secured by means of a substance known as mordant, so did the 1'eruvinns make use of a property prop-erty which caused the dye to adhere and to withstand a tost of thousands of years' wear and tear. Experts have declared that in the direction of technical tech-nical and artistic value the designs in question have no equal. |