Home decoration: art needle-work and embroidery; painting on silk, satin, and velvet; panel-painting; and wood-carving (1881)
Ruutz-Rees, Janet E. (Janet Emily), b. 1842 · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 32
whenever possible, as it gives a life-like appearance to the representation. No exact rule can be laid down for the length of thisstitch; it must depend upon the size of the object repre-sented, the material, the fineness or coarseness of thework, etc. (For ordinary crewel-work perhaps a… … Fig. 8.—Satin-Stitch. exhausted the patience and occupied the time of a formergeneration. Split-stitch is worked in a similar way to stem-stitch,only in bringing the needle up through the material it ispassed through the crewel or silk. This stitch is moresuitable for frame- than for hand-work.…
Needlework · Handicraft
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