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Dainty work for pleasure and profit (1891)

Heron, Mrs. Adelaide E · Chicago : Danks & Co. · leaf 154

An illustration from Dainty work for pleasure and profit, 1891, leaf 154
gdetails of a design intended for ecclesiastical purposes. See figure 125. In all church designs commence the work with raised couchings orwith the laying down of gold threads. These lines of gold thread areusually worked so as to follow the wave of the part they are ornamenting.Thus, the fiower… … FIG. 125. 124 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. it ii, represented rarely has threads laid down. Wavy lines of gold aremore used than straight ones, and these are shown in the working detail infigure 126 and are managed thus: Through a hole made in the foundationlinen bring to the front of the…

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