Artistic embroidery : containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman, b. 1831 · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 28
he difference betweenmechanical and artistic embroidery consists inshowing judgment and finish in all these smallmatters. Other stitches used in silk embroidery, besidesthe one known distinctively as embroidery-stitch, are satin-stitch, French-knot-stitch, stalk-stitch, point-russe, herring-bone or… … Fig. 18. fre:n^ch, or flat embroidery. The stitches lie smootMy in a diagonal direc-tion close to each other—little or no attention tolight or shade being necessary. It may be donevery effectively in one color, and is then oftenenriched by gold or silver cord around theedges. 5^ It looks best…
Embroidery
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