Church needlework; a manual of practical instruction (1907)
Hands, Hinda M · London, G.J. Palmer · leaf 48
ption of the head and while the drawing- shows a master's hand. nimbus, which are worked separately and The whole of the architectural background is worked in gold thread laid horizontally, applique to it afterwards. The hands, even, are done over the gold in short satin-stitch. the effect both of… … (a) Eng^lish Thirteenth Century (<;') IModern, Stitches Vertical finely, and the shading is put in boldly. couched with. In places the gold is com- The S3'mpathy between design and work is pletely veiled by the stitches, in others it gleams through, and again it is left quite so marked as almost to…
Needlework · Embroidery
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