Art-needlework for decorative embroidery : a guide to embroidery in crewels, silks, appliqué, etc. ...
An 1879 Boston instruction manual on decorative embroidery by E. M. A. Savage and Lucretia P. Hale, published by S. W. Tilton and Co. for amateur needleworkers learning crewel, silk, and appliqué work. The plates are plain line diagrams showing needles pulling thread through cloth, with dotted guide lines marking stitch paths and looping chain, feather, and buttonhole stitches rendered as open outlined ribbons.
