Identifier: dictionaryofnee05caul (find matches)
Title: The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911 Saward, Blanche C
Subjects: Needlework
Publisher: London : A.W. Cowan
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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ed over them in coloured silks. Not contentwith a single line of Chain Stitch, two or three lines uponeach petal of a flower, or feather of a bird, are embroidered,and each line is worked in a different coloured silk, whilein many places the entire patch is concealed withembroidery, either of gold thread or silk, worked to other designs, and then ornamented with wide borders ofneedlework, and with their centres covered with innumer-able detached flower sprays. They are always known by thecentre being shaped like the three sides of a square, and theother a protruding curve. In the centre of this elongatedside a small round is formed with rich embroidery. Thisspot marks the place where the holy earth of Kerbelais placed, and which is touched by the forehead of theperson who kneels in the marked out square while per-forming his devotions. No embroidery is too elaborate forthese carpets, in which Satin, Crewel, Feather, and Herring-bone Stitches are worked in varied shades of many colours
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Fig. 657. PERSIAN EMBROIDERY. make a shaded design. Sometimes, instead of ChainStitches, lines are made with fine gold thread; these arenot laid on flat, but are twisted into very small circles,laid so close together as to form a broad, compact line.Gold and silver foil is used instead of gold or silk ; it iscut very narrow, and folded over itself, so as to formzigzag lines, which are then sewn to the foundation, eitheras lines, or to fill up certain spaces. Inlaid Applique Silk Embroideries.—These have beenin use hundreds of years for prayer and other carpets,curtains, and for the covers thrown over State presents. Theprayer carpets are generally of a pale coloured silk founda-tion, elaborately quilted in Yandykes, half circles, and and gold and silver thread, Couched down in patterns likeBasket, Wavy, Diamond, and Raised Couchings. Thebath carpets are made of cotton fabrics, or of thin whitesilk. They are also quilted and embroidered, but are lessornamented than the prayer carpets

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