Artistic embroidery : containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman, b. 1831 · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 18
aterial forgroundwork can be adapted to the purse of the embroiderer and theother belongings of the apartment, from velveteen at a dollar a yardto crash-towelling at ten cents. The wide material known as jute, and just the least bit in the styleof brown straw-matting, would make a very nice dado… … Fig. 13. though it is, there is a richness about brown that is always suggestiveof gilding. A WORSTED-WORKED PORTIERE should be of velveteen, if this harmonizes with the other hangings ofthe room, as the material has a particularly rich effect in doorways,and artistically executed crewel-work suits…
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