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Embroidery and tapestry weaving : a practical text-book of design and workmanship (1912)

Christie, Grace · London : J. Hogg · leaf 353

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180, so the two show the commence-ment and completion of the same piece. Itwill be noticed upon studying tapestry thatusually all the light parts of a work arehatched with the same colour, often abuff shade, those of rich tapestries withgold thread. This sameness of colourthroughout gives unity to… … Fig. 185. pointed embroidery needle. The dotsrepresenting the seeds upon a strawberrycould be stitched in afterwards in thisway, for to insert them while the workis going on would be very tedious. This35° kind of thing must not be overdone,however, for the stitches are apt, unlessvery deftly…

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