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Art embroidery: a treatise on the revived practice of decorative needlework (1878)

Lockwood, Mary S. (Mary Smith), 1831-1922, Glaister, Elizabeth, Crane, Thomas, b. 1843? · London, M. Ward & co. · leaf 58

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als into objects that shall be a perpetual delight. We must, however, give a caution against a mistake thatfrequently brings good needlework into contempt. It is that offilling a room with perpetual patterns: carpet and walls areperhaps already ornamented with more or less striking designs,and if… … | HERE are two more branches of needlework closelyconnected with our subject, but as each is a studyin itself, and has been the subject of able andexhaustive treatises, a few words on their relationsto Art are all that need be given to either. These two are—(i) Church Embroidery, and (2) Lace. The…

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