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 943
DGING CORDS AND GOLD are fastened down by fine sewingsilk taken over them. When the outline is finished, a hole must bemade in the stuff with a stiletto, the cord cut off, and the end threadedon a large round-eyed needle, taken through the stiletto hole andfastened off securely at the back.… … Art Needlework. 889 are rather awkward to use. Applique* work consists of a pattern cutout in one colour or stuff, and laid on or applied to another. Applique work may be executed in almost every material and for almost everypurpose. It is probably the oldest kind of decorative needlework ; it…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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