Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 872
rked on the illustrationwith a cross and dot. Illustration 5.—The damask stitch is worked in single rows from left to right,over four threads in height and two in width. The stitches of one row come be-tween those of the next. The cross and dot shown in illustration are where toinsert and draw out… … like the common cross stitch, from right to left over the third and fourth of thesix canvas threads ; each stitch is completed at once. The illustration showsthe last stitch being worked ; the first half of the stitch is completed; the dot showswhere the needle must be inserted for the second half;…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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