The American domestic cyclopædia, a volume of universal ready reference for American women in American homes (1890)
Lupton, F. M. (Frank M.), 1854-1910 · New York · leaf 84
eing embroidered in silks. There is a ribbed velveteen in different sliades of drab and brown, whichlooks remarkably well as a foundation for crewel-work, if the latter is donein a rich, bold design. It should be remembered, as a general thiug, thatwhile rich materials may be used on cheap… … Fig. 7. I those who are unable to design from nature this will be found a very greatconvenience. It is not long since all worsted work was done in mechanical patterns oncanvas; and some of this work, with stitches laid as regularly as minutemosaics, and the shades blended as by the hand of an…
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