The woman's book, dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 255
Cross-Stitch. 226 Woman s Handiwork. Dorothy. What demure wasp-waistedfemales these works of antique artdisplay ! What foppish gallants !What trite remarks, in text both greatand small, embellish them ! Thus does cross-stitch link us withthe past, and but for its decadence inthe hands of… … Persian Cross-Stitch. the varieties of cross-stitch ; and veryrich effects are there produced by thejudicious grouping of these simplestitches, as well as by the happy choiceof coloring. Persian embroidery isnoticeable for the irregularity of thecrossing ; the stitches are taken up ingroups or…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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