Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 80
tect any joining, particularly if the edge begilt. As regards wetting down, I may observethat, if possible, the whole pattern should beworked off at one sitting, or while the leather iswet. But if this can not be done, then keep aclean sponge and a small basin of clean waterby you, and dampen the… … evidence of the hand itself, were most prized. Towork well, it is not necessary to have many andexpensive tools and costly material ; but to do thebest you can with what you have. There is another kind of sheet-leather workcalled mosaic, or applique. This consists in cut-ting out patterns of thin,…
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