Arts and crafts essays . open, or partially-open, spaces about it plays an importantpart. The methods of making lace bythe needle, or by bobbins on a cushion,are totally distinct from the methods ofmaking lace-like embroideries upon net.(/) Akin to lace and embroideriesupon net is embroidery in which muchof its special effect is obtained by thewithdrawal of threads from the material,and then either whipping or overcastingin button-hole stitches the undrawnthreads. The Persians and embroiderersin the Grecian Archipelago have excelledin such work, producing wondrouslydelicate textile grills of i
Arts and crafts essays . open, or partially-open, spaces about it plays an importantpart. The methods of making lace bythe needle, or by bobbins on a cushion,are totally distinct from the methods ofmaking lace-like embroideries upon net.(/) Akin to lace and embroideriesupon net is embroidery in which muchof its special effect is obtained by thewithdrawal of threads from the material,and then either whipping or overcastingin button-hole stitches the undrawnthreads. The Persians and embroiderersin the Grecian Archipelago have excelledin such work, producing wondrouslydelicate textile grills of ingenious geo-metric patterns. In this drawn threadwork, as it is called, we often meet with the employment of button-hole stitching,400 urn -?. which is an important stitch in making Stitches andneedlepoint lace (Fig. 6). Mechanism. (/) We also meet with the use of aweaving stitch resembling in effect, on asmall scale, willow weaving for weaving stitch, and the method ofcompacting together the threads made. Fig. 6.—Button-hole Stitching, as used in needlepoint lace. with it, are closely allied to that specialmethod of weaving known as tapestryweaving. Some of the earliest specimensof tapestry weaving consist of ornamentalborders, bands, and panels, which wereinwoven into tunics and cloaks worn2 d 401 Stitches and by Greeks and Romans from the fourthMechanism. centUry before Christ, up to the eighthor ninth after Christ. The scale of thework in these is so small, as comparedwith that of large tapestry wall-hangingsof the fifteenth century, that the methodmay be regarded as being related moreto drawn thread embroidery than toweaving into an extensive field of warpthreads. A sketch of the different employmentsof the foregoing methods of embroideryis not to be included in this paper. Theuniversality of embroidery from theearliest of historic times is attested byevidences of its practice amongst primi-tive tribes throughout the world. Frag-ments of stitched materials
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