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 . Stitch or aplain gold cord of purse silk; the same design can be cutout of ecru linen and laid upon an art blue Feather stitching must then be in the same tinted bluesilk. When the Applique materials of various shades andenriched with silk, floss, and gold threads, are laid
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 . Stitch or aplain gold cord of purse silk; the same design can be cutout of ecru linen and laid upon an art blue Feather stitching must then be in the same tinted bluesilk. When the Applique materials of various shades andenriched with silk, floss, and gold threads, are laid down,the stitches used are chiefly Feather, Long, Basket,Cushion, Tent, and all the various Couchings. Being patterns ordinarily sold, though, by reason of itsattempting to imitate round objects in nature, it cannever attain an art value, still it could be made a moreharmonious decoration than it is at present. The faultsof ordinary cretonne and chintz work are too great acontrast between background and design as to colours,and too lavish a use of brilliant flowers or birds in thepattern. The worker should bear in mind that the set-ting of one or two brilliant colours among several subduedones will produce a much better effect than the crowdingtogether of a number of equally bright shades. Much. ES&iliS^^ Fiq. 13. VELVET APPLIQUE. worked as embroideries of gold and silver, and chieflyused for church purposes, the description of the latterwill apply to this kind of Applique in the manner ofdesign, colouring, and execution. See Embroidery. Applique, Baden. See Baden Embroidery. Applique, Broderie Perse.—A modern work, foundedupon ancient and true Applique, but differing from it inthe nature of the material used and the labour bestowed;but the word Appliqiu is common to both, as the essentialsof the work, that of laying one material upon another, are will depend upon the selection of flowers, &c. The bestcome from old pieces of chintz manufactured beforethe days of aniline
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