Eyelet embroidery and its future possibilities (1905)
Heminway, M., & sons silk co. [from old catalog] · New York, Philadelphia [etc.] M. Heminway & sons silk co · leaf 21
dots the effect is extremely rich. Thestems and exquisitely-curving tendrils areworked in stem-stitch, or outline-stitch, whichis made by merely taking each stich half-wayback beside the preceding one. Here and there intlie design occur long spirals which are workedin feather-stitch with the same… … limn sliould he used forsuch work. The Sorrento tabhcover, which is design No.5^6, on page 27, is abeautiful example ofopenwork. It has not onlythe graceful pattern butalso tiie flower and leafof cut-out work, withfine filling-in of Sor-rento bars, as used inlace-making. The centerof the flower is…
Embroidery
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