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 96
p a backgroundof the same material as the lambrequin, which may bearranged in folds, or hung from rings upon a brass rod,and thus form an effective background for chimney orna-ments. Yases and plaques show up well upon a mantel-shelf so arranged. A more elaborate pattern than any yet suggested… … 92 HOME DECORATION. in different stuffs or cloth; or, it would be very beauti-ful in raised work, in colored silks with gradations oftone; the branch might be given in dull brown, theleaves in shaded greens, and the fruit worked in warmgold, the tints varying as suggested by the lights andshadows…
Needlework · Handicraft
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