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 190
position of a decoratedbackground, its purpose being to show off 134 the other to greater advantage. On eachside of the central pattern runs an ornamentalnarrow bordering to finish ofF and completethe band. When working a long length of thisborder, the single large red flower shouldbe repeated in… … c O 55 a3 > EMBROIDERY ever, to the same colours and to the arrange-ment of one big flower alternating with agroup of smaller ones. In the original the border measures nineinches in width, and is worked upon acoarse white linen ground in Mallardand Filo-floss silks. The greater portionof it is…
Embroidery
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