. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. CHAIR BACK AND SEAT. Figures 175 and 176 show design for back and seat of chair. The material is a deep silver green Russian tapestry, and the design a spray of poppies. Treatment:Work the stems with , the leaves with ^331 ^^^ 1332 silvergray green; the flowerpetals with Nos. 1209,1210,1211 and 1213; the centersof poppies with Nos. 1263and 1278 rope silk. Usesolid Kensington stitch forthe entire design. Workthe fancy stitches aroundedge of chair with , with the exceptionpiQ^ 17^^ of the three short stitches at intersection of diamon
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. CHAIR BACK AND SEAT. Figures 175 and 176 show design for back and seat of chair. The material is a deep silver green Russian tapestry, and the design a spray of poppies. Treatment:Work the stems with , the leaves with ^331 ^^^ 1332 silvergray green; the flowerpetals with Nos. 1209,1210,1211 and 1213; the centersof poppies with Nos. 1263and 1278 rope silk. Usesolid Kensington stitch forthe entire design. Workthe fancy stitches aroundedge of chair with , with the exceptionpiQ^ 17^^ of the three short stitches at intersection of diamond-shaped spaces; for these use No. 1209. The treatment is, of course, the same for seat and back, and filo floss should be used throughout. Of course, any other combination may be made to suit individual taste. The size of seat is 15x19; of back, 10x15. The same pattern can be worked with other mate- fig. 176. rials, as deep brown mail cloth embroidered in solid Kensington stitch with two or three shades of golden brown filo
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