Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910, Buckle, Mary · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 31
ART IN NEEDLEWORK. white pattern intact on the warp, the threads of which are laid bare in the upper part of the illustration. It is on just such upright lines of warp that all tapestry, properly so called, is worked — whether with the shuttle or with the needle makes no matter — and there is good… … which the weft 2. DRAWN WORK. threads have been drawn. The distinction, therefore, between tapestry and embroidery is, that, worked on a warp, as in Illustration i, it is tapestry ; worked on a mesh, as in Illustration 3, it is embroidery. With regard, again, to lace. That is itself a web,…
Needlework · Embroidery
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