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Art in needlework; a book about embroidery (1900)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 250

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k of this kind may be rathermans work than womans; but that is not thepoint. The question is, how to get the bestresults; and the answer is, by working on thestuff. It may be argued that in this way you cannotget very high relief; but the occasions for highrelief are, at the best, rare. If you want… … 00 oo ^4 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. should not, for in no case does i appear to bestitching. In fact, it aims deliberately at theeffect of chased and beaten metal. Heavy applique of any kind affects, of course,not only the thickness but the flexibility of thematerial thus enriched—an important…

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