Woman’s handiwork in modern homes, by Constance Cary Harrison; with numerous illustrations and five colored plates from designs by Samuel Colman, Rosina Emmet, George Gibson, and others (1881)
Harrison, Burton, Mrs., 1843-1920 · [New York] C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 39
nt stitch, the premier pas in sampler work, is that in which the thread, coming frombeneath, is carried over a singlecross of the warp and woof ofthe material. This is still beautifully doneby French embroiderers, whohave lately reproduced somestriking effects of antique tap-Tent stitch estry in… … EMBROIDERY. 21 the first stitch taken,) although temporarily out of favor,after long years of subservience to the poor and gaudypatterns in Berlin worsteds, has done noble service in thehistory of aristocratic needlework. The superb handtapestries of Venice and Florence, in the sixteenth…
Interior decoration · Embroidery · Painting · Decoration and ornament
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