Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 190
is workedover with fine purse silk in satin-stitch, whichis used also for the stalk. In the smaller sampler of laid-work, Illus-tration 50, the broad stem is twice underlaid withcrewel, excellent for this soft sort of padding, onaccount of its elasticity. The leaves have thereonly one layer of… … 67. RAISED WORK SHOWING UNDERLAY M 2 164 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. out of account. In any case, work over stitcheryis more durable than over loose padding such ascotton wool. The 15th century work reproduced in Illustra-tion 67 is in flax thread on linen, and the underlay(laid bare in the topmost flower)…
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