Identifier: dictionaryofnee01caul (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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The word Applique has a century, destroyed in 1870; and the Blazonment of Clevesare the best known old examples. It is not unusual to find,amongst mediaeval woven materials, spaces left open whenweaving, into which figures of saints and other devices wereinserted by the method known as Inlaid Applique andfinished with fine needle stitchiDg either in Opus Plunia-rium (or Feather stitch) or Opus Anglicanum (Split stitch).At other times the fine linen or canvas inserted for thefaces and hands only of figures would be simply painted.Applique is divided into Inlaid and Onlaid, and from theseheads spring many adaptations of the work, the best knownbeing gold embroidery, used in ecclesiastical work; Appliqueproper, used for all ordinary purposes; Broderie Perse, orApplique with cretonne; and Applique upon muslin and net.Inlaid Applique has more the effect of woven brocade ofvarious colours than of needlework, unless used, as describedabove, for letting in needlework into loom-made materials.
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Fia. 10. ANTWERP LACE. wide meaning, and many varieties of needlework comeunder its designation. Being originally introduced asan imitation of the earlier and more laborious raisedembroidery, it embraces every description of work thatis cut or stamped out, or embroidered, and then laid uponanother material. It is therefore possible to Appliquein almost every known material, as in feathers, skins ofanimals, gold and silver, mother o pearl, and other foreignsubstances, the motive being to produce effect with variedand bold materials and without the labour of close embroi-dery. The most curious English example of the materialsthat may be artistically Applique together was exhibited inthe Paris Exhibition in the Prince of Waless Pavilion, andconsisted of a series of Chinese fowling scenes, in which thehuman figures were clothed in silk and velvet, the animalsin their own furs, and the birds in their own feathers. TheBaldachino of Orsanmichele, worked in the fourteenthcentury; the Banner o

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