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 248
, andqueen-stitch, The Spanish-stitch, rosemary-stitch, herring-boneand maw-stitch, The smarting whip-stitch, back-stitch, and cross-stitch. —The Needle. The technical name Opuspulvinarium.bestowed by ecclesiastics, in the thir-teenth century, upon this class of em- Tent-Stitch and Cross-Stitch.… … Tent-Stitch. ing from beneath, is carried over a sin-gle cross of the warp and woof of thematerial. This is still beautifully done byFrench embroiderers, who have latelyreproduced some striking effects of an-tique tapestry in tent-stitch, with crew-els, on a ground of sage green or ofPompeian red…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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