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Dainty work for pleasure and profit (1893)
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merit of great antiquity, appearing in early eccle-siastical embroideries to represent the hair of men and a.gels, as well as in elaborate landscape specimens of thetime of James I, when it came into play forthe foliage of trees and shrubs; also, insome ancient Chinese embroidery executedFIG. 23.… … FIG. 22. # © ^ ^^^ © H EMBROIDERY STITCHES. 35 over the ground thus diversified are worked knots of silk, which have theeffect, at a short distance, of a stippled drawing on a large scale. Theflesh in the figures and some other portions of the design are. workedentirely in close knot. To-day French…Fancy work · Needlework
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