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 47
m darkerto lighter rose-leaf pink. Upon this ground stray lovelyflowers, wrought in the same hues. The appliques areconnected by a fine woven effect in crewels, like the stock-ing texture adopted by old Flemish, Italian and Germanembroiderers. COUCHING, OR LAID EMBROIDERY. Akin to darning stitch is… … Outline Couching. The simplest form of this stitch is outline couching,which will be found most valuable to the embroiderers forapplique or for coarse outline work in large patterns. Asmay be seen in the illustration, this is simply a thickstrand of double crewels laid down and stitched at regular…
Interior decoration · Embroidery · Painting · Decoration and ornament
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