Art needlework. A complete manual of embroidery in silks and crewels, with full instructions as to stitches, materials, and implements. Containing also a large number of original designs and a handsome coloured design for crewel work
A practical embroidery manual issued by Ward, Lock in London in 1882, teaching stitches, materials and implements to home needleworkers and supplying transferable designs. The wood engravings show floral sprays, scrolling acanthus, and pendant flower motifs drawn in dense parallel hatching that reads as stitch direction, usable as line ornament, borders, and spot motifs.
