Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 147
49 ITALIAN LAID-WORK 120 ART IN NEEDLEWORK wash of colour. The Italians of the 16th and17th centuries (see Illustration 49) were not afraidof rather abrupt transition in the shades of colourthey used for laid-work. When laid floss is kept in place by threadsthemselves sewn down across it, such… … 50. LAID SAMPLER. called couched, and the work itself may bedescribed as laid and couched. Hence arisessome confusion between the two methods ofwork—laying and couching. It saves confusionto make a sharp distinction between the two—using the term laid only for stitches (floss) firstloosely laid…
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