The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc ... : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work (1877)
Frost, S. Annie (Sarah Annie) · New York : Adams & Bishop · leaf 22
his explanation clearer. Embroidery is, at the date of this writing, the most popular of all kinds of work,both in dress and ornament, and it is a fortunate circumstance for many womenthat it is so, for hundreds have been kept in employment in the last two years,who would have starved had not the… … 20 ladies guide to i^ej^wouk. machine can follow the intricacies of design, or mak«j the varied stitching requiredfor really exquisite embroidered articles. Most of the muslin embroidery is imported at so comparatively trifling a cost,that but few care to work any elaborate articles. But there is…
Needlework · Embroidery · Fancy work
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