Embroidery and tapestry weaving : a practical text-book of design and workmanship (1912)
Christie, Grace · London : J. Hogg · leaf 254
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 open, as in fig. 133. The threadis waved by bend-ing it round thepointed end of apiercer just beforefixingdown. Thiswaving line is… … Embroidery couched solidly in circular or shell formWlth Gold over a ground. In gold embroidery,Thre ds therefore, the direction of the thread isa specially important matter. At the end of a line a technical diffi-culty sometimes arises in the turning of thethread, which is apt to be clumsy.…
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