The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work ... (1859)
Hartley, Florence · Philadelphia : G. G. Evans · leaf 86
is one of the richest kinds of work seen in moderndays; it is worked without any effort to remember stitches, and may be takenup at any time, conversation or amusement being no bar to its production; bothsides of the work are alike; the colors are extremely brilliant and richly con-trasted, and, in… … OTTOMAN IN ORNE FLUTED EMBROIDERY.CARRIAGE CUSHION. Materials.—Coarse Penelope canvas. Berlin wool of any color that maybe at hand, but four shades of each; cord, and a pair of tassels. The length of canvas required for one of these cushions, is a square of abouttwenty-two inches. It is worked in…
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