London, New York, The Butterick Publishing Co. (Limited) · leaf 73
a well-ordered table by providing both circular and square doileys.Sail-cloth, a fashionable variety of linen, and Aleppo silk, which is washable and of a soft,flossy texture, are much favored for work of this kind. The designs are worked in outlinestitch, which may be done in all-white embroidery… … Figure No. 1.—Design for a Doily. plate doily usually measuring from ten to twelve inches in diameter. The doily shown at figureNo. 7 is button-hole stitched on the edge, the embroidery being one oE the new Empire designsand very effective. It may be worked entirely with white embroidery silk, but…
Dining rooms · Embroidery · Interior decoration
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