Artistic embroidery : containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman, b. 1831 · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 84
k and a sort of flatgold thread on coarse linen; and the effect was very gorgeous. CHAPTER X. EMBROIDERY IM CHEJflLLE, At one time chenille work was all the fashion. Its beautiful,T-elvety appearance, and the soft brightness of its colors, made it veryeffective; but it was an expensive material,… … Fig. 62.—Hand-Screen^ i^ Chenille. To do a piece in chenille was quite a necessary part of a youngladys education; and these pieces were treated like Miss Linwoodspaintings in crewels. They usually represented landscapes; andliandsomely framed, and protected by a glass, were hung in a place…
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