A history of the art of bookbinding. With some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London, E. Stock · leaf 220
the names of which are best known by ladies ; the second, twist, stem, satin, and allstitches used in feather work. The raised stitches give a broad effect when usedjudiciously ; the flat one may be used so as to rival the finest work of the paint brush. Embroidered book-covers were by no means… … BOOK-COVER OF BLUE VELVET EMBROIDERED WITH SILVER PURL. {Front tlie original at South Kensington Museum.) of prosperity and debasement: it attained a high degree of excellence during thesixteenth century ; under the Stuarts much good work was done. But at the end ofthe seventeenth century it sank…
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