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 211
Fig. 392. ETCHING EMBROIDERY. Take a sable brush, and form the sky by washing insepia for the darker parts, leaving the surface ofthe silk untouched for the white clouds; and thencolour the rest of the picture with washes of sepia, inshades corresponding to those of the engraving. Thread … Fig. 393. Etching Embroidery. a needle with fine black silk, and commence to coverthe painting. Leave unworked all light parts, such asthe sky; work the medium tint with run lines of black Stitches; commence them close together, and end themmore apart. Work the foliage of trees in fine FrenchKnots.…
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