Beautiful homes : or, Hints in house furnishing (1878)
Williams, Henry T, Jones, C. S., Mrs · New York : Henry T. Williams, Publisher · leaf 305
e of leaves cut from heavy cloth, and fastened on with a chain-stitchingof coarse thread or wool. These leaves may be of various colored scraps. Thismat, in shades of green and brown, with embroidery of golden tints, is one ofthe most beautiful that can be made. The next illustration, Fig. 329, is… … Fig. 329. two dozen large woolen balls (made over circles of card-board in the usual way)are placed at the intersection of each coil of the rope, as it is wound around theedge of the rug. Within the border (which is about twelve inches deep) the covered rope iscoiled, one row within another, until…
Decoration and ornament
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