Embroidery and tapestry weaving : a practical text-book of design and workmanship (1912)
Christie, Grace · London : J. Hogg · leaf 70
etit point pictures, andto the detail in fine tapestries. Thewrong method of going to work is toimitate the effect sought after by thepainter. It is a mistake in embroidery designto be too naturalistic. In painting itmay be the especial aim to exactly imitatenature, but here are wanted… … PatternDesigning Fig. 22. Pattern tea cloth gives a hardly pleasant sensationDesigning anc[ much savours of the practical joke,which is seldom in good taste ; the needle,however, adds convention to almost any-thing, and will usually manage the beeall right unless the worker goes out ofthe way to…
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