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 222
oundings of a West-end shop, or (be itsaid) to the galleries of museums. Muchmore has been irreparably injured by thefar too popular process of relaying, whichdoes for the work what a child might doto a fine old engraving if provided witha pair of scissors. The material of theseold curtains should… … Fig. 112 *S7 EMBROIDERY woollen threads of the embroidery. Butthe cotton thread was perhaps not consideredstrong enough for the warp, and so anothermaterial was used. Embroidery of this kind is peculiar toEngland. The earliest examples show moredistinctly the derivation of their pattern thanthat…
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