Art-needlework for decorative embroidery : a guide to embroidery in crewels, silks, appliqué, etc. ... (1879)
Savage, E. M. A. (Eliza Mary Ann), 1836-1885, Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900 · Boston : S. W. Tilton and Co. · leaf 15
the appearance of atwisted rope.2FcatJicr Stitch. — Vulgarly called longandshort stitchlong stitch, and sometimes embroidery stitch. Wepropose to restore to it its ancient title of feather stitch( Opus Plumarium ), so called from its supposed resem-blance to the plumage of a bird. We shall now… … No. 9. — Twisted Chain. 1 Chain stitch is less used here as outline, because it can be so easily imitated bythe machine that it does not gain the credit of being hand-work. — Am. Editor. 2 This is sometimes called Charles II. Stitch, not that he embroidered with it him-self ; but it is found in…
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