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 67
design, common inembroideries. The waving central stem-line 44 of the border would naturally suggest vine,ivy or some creeping plant as foliage suitablefor the scheme, but the effect of any ofthese, appropriate enough in some cases,would in others be much too heavy andmonotonous. So the designer… … Fig. 27 due to the difficulty of exactly representingthem by means of needle and thread. Thevarious materials and methods used in allkinds of decoration tend to introduce somedegree of formalisation or simplification ofdetail into every design. Modifications ofnaturalistic drawing due to this cause…
Embroidery
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