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 260
tches so exquisitely setthat only an expert can detect the proc-ess. The design is of graceful inter-lacing scrolls, in palest blue shadedwith gray, and deepening to black atthe edges. The scrolls at crossing areintersected by flowers, suggesting theold Flemish flower - pieces — tulips,roses, iris,… … Feather-Stitch. tres of the flowers are done in crewel of a fine compact quality unknown to our workers, the rest of the design in crewel of the usual thickness, but more closely twisted than that we use to-day. The colors are those so soothing to the eye in the tapestries of Gobelins or Beauvais —…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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