WE ARE NOT SURE WHEN THE TERM "YARD-LONG" CAME INTO BEING, BUT IT IS A VERY APPRORIATE TERM FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL ART FORM. WE ASSUME THE LONG VERTICAL LENGTH AND THE NARROW WIDTH WERE THE MAJOR FACTORS IN THEIR BEING SO NAMED. THE OPPOSITE WOULD BE TRUE OF THE ANIMAL AND FLOWER PRINTS, AS THEY WERE MEANT TO BE HUNG HORIZONTALLY.
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