The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work .. (1860)
Hartley, Florence · Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley · leaf 34
BEAD WORK. 29 POLE-SCREEN, IN GERMAN EMBROIDERY AND BEADS. Materials.—Silk, canvas, or perforated card-board, 16 inches by 12. Beads,gold-steel, blue-steel, black, white, opal, and gray-blue, (3 shades,) green, (2shades.) Gamboge, yellow, shades of green and scarlet wool, and shades oflilac and… … The design here represented consists of an elegant basket of flowers, sus-pended, as it were, by a double-headed arrow, in a rich scroll frame. These flowers are done entirely in chenille, and the foliage in wool, worked intent-stitch. The basket is outlined with gold beads, filled in with the…
Fancy work · Embroidery · Needlework · Decoration and ornament
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