Manual of needlework. Teaching how to do Kensington, applique, cretonne, roman, cross-stitch, outline and other embroideries ..
An instructional needlework manual by Mrs. Joseph L. Patten, published in New York in 1883 for women working embroidery at home. The wood-engraved figures show stitches enlarged on woven canvas grounds, threaded needles caught mid-stitch, leaf sprays in crewel work, and repeating scalloped and zigzag border bands usable as rules, textures, and pattern edging.
