The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 157
sign. Thecolours for this Embroidery are few and harmonious. Theyare selected so as to contrast without being in violent are better used by themselves than with other colours.Yellows when used alone should shade into chestnut. The materials now used for Darned Embroidery areunbleached cottons and… … Fig. 280. DAKNED EMBKOIDERY. opposition, that is to say, that if Yellow and Blue arechosen for the same embroidery, the tint of the Yellowshould be what is called a Blue Yellow, and the tint of theBlue, a Yellow Blue. Pink, if selected, choose of a Yellowshade, and not a Blue Pink, and when using…
Needlework
Internet Archive · Clark Art Institute Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
