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 28
round,with long orshort stems as thecase demands;these stems canbe quite plain oreach bear oneor more leaves,or perhaps a budalso. Severalsprigs of differentflowers may bearranged in groups, as in a formal bouquet,and these groups repeated as elements overthe design. In many old designs the… … be used in the same way as the flower sprigs.The whole surface to be decorated mightbe spaced off into squares, and each em-broidered with a piece of oak, elm, beech,or some such foliage, spread out as in fig. 8.All sprigs should, at least in the first attemptsin this design, conform to a common…
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