Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 328
especial fitness in all geometricaldesigns. It is also particularly well suited to heraldicsubjects. A remarkable example of the use of cross stitchesexists in the borders of the Syon cope, in which thecoats-of-arms are so executed. This is of the thirteenthcentury ; and besides these cushion… … Stitches. 207 (Spitzen Musterbiicher), and also in those Venetian Corone di Yertuose Donne lately reprinted by theVenetian publisher Organia. These are worthy of aplace in every library of art. It would seem best to place the chain stitch named tambour in this class, as it naturally assimilates…
Embroidery · Needlework
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