Jacobean crewel work and traditional designs (1900)
Penelope · Manchester, Briggs · leaf 17
Practically the whole of this pattern is workedin long and short stitch. All the motifs aresolid. The thick trunk is in brick stitch, andslanting satin stitch is used for the rather thinnerone. A solid mass of French knots makes anacorn cup, and the grapes, too, are knots, buteach has an outline of…
Embroidery, English
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