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 21
ects in nature, it can never attain an art value,still, it could be made a more harmonious decoration thanit is at present. The faults of ordinary cretonne andchintz work are too great a contrast between backgroundand design as to colours, and too lavish a use of brilliantflowers or birds in the… … Pig. 13. VELVET APPLIQUE. and all the various couchings. Being worked as embroi-deries of gold and silver, and chiefly used for churchpurposes, the description of the latter will apply to thiskind of applique in the manner of design, colouring, andexecution. See Embroidery. Applique^ Broderie…
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