Embroidery and tapestry weaving : a practical text-book of design and workmanship (1912)
Christie, Grace · London : J. Hogg · leaf 254
as a rule two-fold, sometimes eventhree-fold; this method is both quickerand more effective than couching eachthread separately. As the couching threadis necessarily in evidence, decorative use isoften made of it as well as practical; thestitches, for instance, may be planned soas to carry out some… … of the couching thread; a hot colour warms the tone of the gold and a cool one does the reverse ; and the more contrasting the colour the more it is in evi-dence. The gold thread may be couched solidly in straight lines, as the above figure shows, or it may be arranged in wavy lines either close or…
Embroidery · Tapestry
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