. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. e, and should reach withinten inches of either end. the width of the runner depends upon the widthof table, but from twenty to twenty-seven inches is the usual size. A tablerunner is used for the same purpose as is a center cloth. The relishes,flowers, fruit and such ornamental dishes as are to remain upon the tablethroughout the meal are to be placed upon it. Tray Cloth.—A piece of linen usually 18x27 inches, according to the size of table, to beplaced beneath the teaservice. The edgesare either finished withhemstitching or fringe,made by raveling outthe
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. e, and should reach withinten inches of either end. the width of the runner depends upon the widthof table, but from twenty to twenty-seven inches is the usual size. A tablerunner is used for the same purpose as is a center cloth. The relishes,flowers, fruit and such ornamental dishes as are to remain upon the tablethroughout the meal are to be placed upon it. Tray Cloth.—A piece of linen usually 18x27 inches, according to the size of table, to beplaced beneath the teaservice. The edgesare either finished withhemstitching or fringe,made by raveling outthe material to the re-quired depth. The dec-oration should consistof a simple designplaced across the ends^^^S _see figure 65—or in the four corners and outlined or worked with short and long ago it was considered the proper thing to spread a common handtowel on the tea tray or beneath the tea service placed upon the table, butnow the dainty tray cloths, decorated appropriately for the purpose super-cedes the old ART OR FLAT EMBROIDERY. 17 Center Cloth.—A square or oblong piece of linen, silk or bolt-ing silk, used in center of dinner table, on which is generally placed thefruit and flower piece and those dishes that are merely ornamental. Thesecenter cloths can be very elaborately ornamented, as they are in most fam-ilies used on occasions of ceremony only. The needlework may be solid,or outlined with silk or linen embroidery thread. The designs most usedare floral, with natural shading; sometimes the entire cloth is covered withan all-over design of flowers, worked solidly; sometimes with a floral scrollaround the borders in short and long stitches. Our illustration, figure 66^shows a center cloth of satin dam-ask, 27 inches square, with a con-ventional floral design, suitable foreither solid Kensington or shortand long stitches. The colorsused for working our model were,cream white for the outer edgesof leaves and petals; into this wasblended, with sh
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