Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 47
CANVAS-STITCH SAMPLER. C 2 20 ART IN NEEDLEWORK. canvas at a stroke, and is therefore on a moreminute scale than stitches which are two or threethreads wide, as cross-stitch may, and cushion-stitch must, be. It derives its name from the oldword tenture, or tenter (tender e, to stretch), theframe on… … 9. CUSHION AND SATIN STITCHES. still speak of tenter-hooks. The stitch is service-able enough in its way, but is discredited by themonstrous abuse of it referred to already. A picturein tent-stitch is even more foolish than a picturein mosaic. It cannot come anywhere near topictorial effect; the…
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