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 50
p. (See diagram 3.) Leaves that are all one color are worked in the same way, and the veins are put in last. (See diagram 4.) Variegated leaves andshaded flower-petals aretreated differently, thoughthe stitch is still the same.The outer edge of color isworked first, beginning onthe outline, and… … DIAGRAM 4.—OUTLINE OF LEAF. 1 In speaking of Paolo of Verona, Vasari mentions with approbation the fact that he workedwith the old-fashioned close stitch, which besides greater solidity had the advantage of produ-cing an effect more like painting. This manner of working, he goes on to say, is now…
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