Heron, Mrs. Adelaide E · Chicago : Danks & Co. · leaf 172
BERLIN EMBROIDERY. 141 When Berlin work is used to decorate coverings for furniture, the pat-tern should be formed of rope silk or filo floss, and the grounding stitchesdone with Berlin wool. Patterns for this purpose should be conventional,and the colors used dull, dead shades for the design and… … FIG. 144. wool for the grounding. Figures 144 and 145 show a chair upholstered withthis work, and the detail of pattern with the proper colorings. As will beseen, very little grounding will be necessary. The design is worked in crossstitch, and the grounding is done with Irish stitch. If it is…
Needlework · Embroidery
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