Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 140
wn. Embroidery of this kind, however, hardly comeswithin the scope of practical work. Long, loosestitches want sewing down. Some compromisehas to be made between art and beauty. Theproblem is to make the work strong enoughwithout seriously disturbing its lustrous surface,and the solution of it is… … 46. LAID-WORK SAMPLER. D.E ii4 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. them, floss by preference, are thrown backwardsand forwards across the face of the stuff, only justpiercing it at the edges of the forms, and backagain. These silken tresses are then caught downand kept, I will not say close to the ground, butin…
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