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 164
itchesencircles a linen thread at right angles toitselr. This linen thread represents a kindof peg or bolt placed there to preventthe thread of gold from returning to thefront of the material. (See fig. 82, whichshows the front and back of a piece or drapery worked in point retire.) How coulda… … Fig. 79 passes the needle threaded with gold throughthe stuff; the second returns it by the samehole, after having passed another needlethreaded with a strong linen thread fastenedat the back, and fulfilling the office of a boltso well that upon the face of the embroiderythere is hardly any…
Embroidery
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