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 85
lk are laid over the floss silk at nearly equal distancesfroni each other, and are intended to imitate the veiningsof a leaf, the threads that catch them down being of asilk matching them in colour or a contrasting shade. Thespace marked 6 shows the manner of working the flosssilk when it is passed… … Fig. 130. Church Embroidery—Stitch in Floss Silk. straight line. The long stitch is more fully illustrated inFig. 130, where it is considerably enlarged. The small space e is filled with black silk lines, whichare caught by the three lines, two of gold tambour andone silk. The border to the detail…
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