Artistic embroidery : containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman, b. 1831 · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 31
is a stitch frequently mentioned in new embroidery; but the 26 ARTISTIC EMBEOIDEKY. tnodus operandi does not seem to be so well known as that of manyothers. Possibly because of its very simplicity—^for Point-Russe ismerely a succession of back-stitches neatly and regularly done. It isused for many… … Fig. 27. working it; and very pretty borderings and ornamental figures inlong stitches are often made with it. Medallions are very pretty inPoint-Russe; and we give one in Figure 28 that is worked entirelyin this stitch, and made very effective in scarlet and gold. This isintended for a purse, and…
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