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), 1842- · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 13
GENERAL REMARKS. 9 cide would be the leading lines or stems which are to form the basis of the contemplated pattern. These once selected from the geometrical outline of a leaf, for ex¬ ample, could be variously treated ; they might be branched … out in a form of angular severity as shown in Fig. 1, or in a more flowing style as represented in Fig. 2, their geometrical symmetry being carefully preserved. It will be at once clear that such adaptations would admit of infinite variety according to the character and arrangement of the foliage…
Fancy work · Decorative arts · Needlework · Handicraft
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