ry ; ▁and ▁it ▁also ▁dem ands ▁that ▁cr isp ness ▁and ▁abund ance ▁of ▁beautiful ▁detail ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁especial ▁characteristic ▁of ▁fully ▁developed ▁Med ieval ▁Art . ▁ ▁The ▁style ▁of ▁even ▁the ▁best ▁period ▁of ▁the ▁Renaissance ▁is ▁wh olly ▁un fit ▁for ▁T apest ry ; ▁accordingly , ▁we ▁find ▁that ▁T apest ry ▁retained ▁its ▁Goth ic ▁character ▁longer ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁of ▁the ▁p ict orial ▁arts ." ▁▁ ▁In ▁writing ▁about ▁text iles , ▁Morris ▁emphas ised ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁using ▁natural ▁d yes ▁and ▁colours . ▁" Th ese ▁colours ▁in ▁f ading ▁still ▁remain ▁beautiful ," ▁ ▁he ▁wrote , ▁" and ▁even ▁after ▁long ▁wear , ▁never ▁pass ▁into ▁nothing ness , ▁through ▁that ▁stage ▁which ▁of ▁l ivid ▁u g lin ess ▁which ▁distingu ishes ▁the ▁commercial ▁d yes ▁as ▁n uis ances , ▁even ▁more ▁than ▁their ▁short ▁and ▁by ▁no ▁means ▁mer ry ▁life ." ▁▁ ▁As ▁to ▁colours ▁for ▁car p ets , ▁he ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁ess ay ▁on ▁text iles ; ▁ ▁" The ▁soft ▁grad ations ▁of ▁t int ▁to ▁which ▁T apest ry ▁l ends ▁itself ▁are ▁un fit ▁for ▁Car pet - we aving ; ▁beauty ▁and ▁variety ▁of ▁colour ▁must ▁be ▁obtained ▁b h ▁harm on ious ▁ju xt ap osition ▁of ▁t ints , ▁bounded ▁by ▁jud ici ously ▁chosen ▁out lines , ▁and ▁the ▁pattern ▁should ▁lie ▁absolutely ▁flat ▁on ▁the ▁ground . ▁On ▁the ▁whole , ▁in ▁design ing ▁car