Embroidery: : A Collection Of Articles On Subjects Connected With The Study Of Fine Needlework, Including Stitches, Materials, Methods Of Work, And Designing, And History ...

Embroidery: : A Collection Of Articles On Subjects Connected With The Study Of Fine Needlework, Including Stitches, Materials, Methods Of Work, And Designing, And History ...

The many possibilities of decorating fabrics by the simple means of needleand thread have always exercised an irresistible attraction. The art of Embroideryis almost prehistoric ; from the earliest times until the present day there has never been an epoch when it has not been more or less in vogue. Whether it will ever again attain to such a marvellous height of perfection as it did in the thirteenth century is a difficult question to decide, but one to which we should not like to give a negative answer.In the early part of the last century the art was perhaps less alive than at any other period of its history, but since then there has been an evident movement in the direction of its revival, and there is every reason to hope that this movement will provepersistent.

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INTRODUCTION

PLATE I. A LETTER-CASE WITH DESIGN OF A FLOWERING TREE

PLATE II. AN OBLONG TABLE-CENTRE DECORATED WITH MICHAELMAS DAISIES

PLATE III. A TRAY-CLOTH WITH A CONVENTIONAL BORDER IN BLUE AND GOLD

PLATE IV. A VEST AND CUFFS DECORATED WITH TRAILING CAMPANULA

PLATE V. A BAG WITH A DESIGN OF FLOWERS AND SCROLLING STEMS

PLATE VI. A CUSHION COVER WITH A CIRCULAR DESIGN OF A FLOWERING TULIP TREE

PLATE VII. A D'OYLEY EMBROIDERED WITH SPRIGS OF ESCHSCHOLTZIA

PLATE VIII. A BLOTTER WITH A SPRAY OF YELLOW FLOWERS

PLATE IX. A CONVENTIONAL FLORAL SPRAY

PLATE X. A SIDEBOARD CLOTH

PLATE XI. DESIGN FOR THE DECORATION OF A CHILD'S DRESS

PLATE XII. A COSY-COVER WITH A BLUECORNFLOWER DESIGN

PLATE XII. A COSY-COVER WITH A BLUE CORNFLOWER DESIGN

PLATE XIII. A CANVAS BAG

PLATE XIV. THREE BORDER DESIGNS

PLATE XV. A SQUARE TABLE-CENTRE WITH A DARNED GROUND

PLATE XVI. AN EMBROIDERED CHAIR-BACK WITH LINES OF DRAWN THREADS

PLATE XVII. AN EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFCASE

PLATE XVIII. A PULPIT HANGING

PLATE XIX. DESIGN FOR A SMALL TABLECLOTH

PLATE XX. A BORDER DESIGN

PLATE XXI.TWO AFTERNOON TEACLOTHS

PLATE XXII. AN EMBROIDERED VEST, COLLAR,AND CUFFS

PLATE XXIII. DESIGN FOR A BLOTTER OR A BAG,A PORTION BEING ADAPTABLE FOR A PINCUSHION COVER

PLATE XXIV. PART OF A DESIGN FOR A COT COVER