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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EMBROIDERY UPON ROMAN SHEETING.
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EMBROIDERY UPON PLUSH. THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. n either laid down in even lines of one shade of colourand kept in position with gold or silk cords placed indevices over it, or it is worked in Long Stitcli withthree shades of colour. These shades are distinct fromeach other, and are worked with the lightest upper-most; they never blend together, but they match intint. If contrasts are used, such as pink and blue uponthe same leaf, they are divided either by a line of blackcrochet twist, or gold thread. In Church Embroideryno regard is paid to copying any device in its naturalcolours; the designs are never intended as realistic,but as conventional ornaments, and blue, lilac, crimson,and yellow are used about leaves and other floral orna-ments as well as green; though, in examining oldwork, it will be seen that green and gold are more usedabout the powderings and bordering^ than brighter hues,which are found in all their glory in the picture centres.The faces of figures are worked

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