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 166
inters with the needle surpassedall the other embroiderers, both from thepoint of view of draughtsmanship, of graceand unity of figure, as well as in richness ofcomposition and in the exquisite variety inthe grounds of gold. The orphreys and thealtar-frontals of opere Florentine) that I… … Fig. 82 (feather), satin stitch, and laid work for silk.Ordinary couching replaces the point retirefor the gold thread. I do not think thatthe or nue has been much in use in England,whereas in France, Belgium, Holland, Italy,and Spain it has produced masterpieces ofwhich I have given brilliant…
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