Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 176
ftenest fromafar. Broadly designed, it may be as fine in itsway as a piece of mediaeval stained glass, and itgives to silk and velvet their true worth. Thepattern may be readable as far off as you candistinguish colour. Applique work is thought by some to be aninferior kind of embroidery, which it… … €% 62. A. COUNTERCHANGE. B. APPLIQUE, 150 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. it makes great demands upon design. You cannotbegin by just throwing about sprays of naturalflowers. It calls peremptorily for treatment—bywhich test the decorative artist stands or falls.Effective it must be ; coarse it may be; vulgarit…
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