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Needle-craft: artistic and practical (1889)

Reed, John Q, Lavin, Eliza M., joint author · New York, The Butterick Publishing Co., Ltd. · leaf 236

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and sug- much nicer and be very suitable to have downfill the case. Applique is how much used as a decorativeitem in preference to hand-painting and em-broidery, although these have by no meanslost favor in the eyes of art-lovers.Sofa-Pillow. Figure No. 8.—The dainty sofa-pillowhere represented is… … Figure No. 10.—Fir-Pillow. gesting a scale between the two shades. Inthe lower corner is carefully applied a beauti-ful cluster of water-lilies, specimens of manu-factured silk-embroidered appliques, and un-derneath them in outline-stitch the worker hasan opportunity with her needle to portrav…

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