Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 106
y in knots, con-tradicting, it might seem, what was said aboveabout its unfitness for outline work. The lines,even the voided ones, are here as sharp as couldbe; but then, it is not many of us who work, knot byknot, with the marvellous precision of a Chinaman.His knotted texture is not, however,… … 80 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. pearled or beaded line not readily distinguishablefrom knot stitch. The Japanese embroiderer, instead of knottinghis own thread, employed very often a crinkledbraid. This is shown in the cloud work inIllustration 85. The only true knotting there is inthe top-knot of the bird.
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