EMBROIDERY. 43 Twisted chain stitch is also called Charles II. stitch, though it is difficult to associate ideas of industry with any of the debonair beauties who smile down from their frames at Hampton Court. It resembles an ordinary chain, ex- … outlined design upon satin, sateen or Twisted chain stitch, linen, as described in Darning Stitch for Grounds. English quilts of the seventeenth century show yellow silk em- broidery on linen, combining both button-hole and chain stitch. The “Wardrobe Accounts” of Queen Elizabeth contain, in the…
Embroidery · Painting · Interior decoration · Decoration and ornament · Arts and crafts movement
Internet Archive · Harold B. Lee Library · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
