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Art in needlework; a book about embroidery (1900)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 220

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with a pen,that is all. True, the designer may do that for you,and make such a workmanlike drawing that thereis no mistaking it; but it takes a skilled draughts-man to do it. In flattish decorative work, where the drawingis in firm lines, as in Illustration 87, the task of theembroidress is… … 76. SHADING IN SHORT STITCHES. D.E. 0 194 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. who knows his business may make shading easyby drawing his shadows with firm outlines. Thetaste of the artist who designed the roses in Illus-tration 75 is too pictorial to win the heart of anyone with a leaning towards severity of design…

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