Embroidery : a collection of articles on subjects connected with the study of fine needlework, including stitches, materials, methods of work, and designing, and history ... (1909)
Christie, Grace · London, James Pearsall · leaf 110
accepted beautiful typesof design have not reached their state of per-fection all at once in the hands of one worker ;it is only by a slow development, by goingthrough a course of graftings and prunings,that the result has been finally attained. A good deal can be learned about designingby taking… … Fig. 46 one which the usage of many ages hasmoulded into well-established forms, anddiscuss it in some detail. The panel sur-rounded by a border is a form of arrange-ment familiar in all crafts, and is a schemewhich has been made great use of in em-broidery. In the most simple forms of…
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