Hicks, Ami Mali · New York, McBride, Nast & company · leaf 256
l ^tiff paint brush and a harnesspunch. MARKING THE PATTERN In Colonial days the method used for mark-ing straight lines on the tufted counterpaneswas known as snapping a .string. Two peo-ple did the marking with a piece of string, wetwith colored starch or rubbed with coloredchalk. Each held an… … TUFTED COUNTERPANE MADE OFBLEACHED MUSLIN WITH PUREWHITE TUFTS UN- THE TUFTED COUNTERPANE 217 For circles of different sizes, lines weredrawn around the edges of plates, saucers andgoblets. By these sinaple means a geometricstyle of pattern was produced, which could becarried out appropriately…
Handicraft · Rugs
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