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 197
ards the end, are composed of two shadesof pale pink. The leaves are filled in withdark myrtle-green and two shades of palesage-green. The stems are of gold threador cord. The whole design is outlinedwith a fine gold cord, which has silk twistedround it. The tying-down threads, confiningthe laid… … Fig. 102 example, the dark myrtle-green coming close to pale sage-green makes a decorative line down the middle of a leaf, and it is the same with the rose-red laid in stripes upon the salmon-pink. The silk is laid finely, but is not very tightly strained over the surface, which makes the bands of…
Embroidery
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