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Ladies's work for pleasure and profit (1894)

Heron, Addie E. [from old catalog] · Chicago, The Home manual co · leaf 89

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esare either finished withhemstitching or fringe,made by raveling outthe material to the re-quired depth. The dec-oration should consistof a simple designplaced across the ends—see figure 65—or inthe four corners and outlined or worked with short and long stitch.Years ago it was considered the… … FIG. 65. ART OR FLAT EMBROIDERY. 71 Center Cloth.—A square or oblong piece of linen, silk or bolt-ing silk, used in center of dinner table, on which is generally placed thefruit and flower piece and those dishes that are merely ornamental. Thesecenter cloths can be very elaborately ornamented, as…

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