Art in Needlework: A Book about Embroidery
by Lewis F. Day
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Contents
- Preface
- Descriptive List of Illustrations
- Embroidery and Stitching
- Canvas Stitches
- Crewel-Stitch
- Chain-Stitch
- Herring-Bone Stitch
- Buttonhole-Stitch
- Feather and Oriental Stitches
- Rope and Knot Stitches
- Interlacings, Surface Stitches, and Diapers
- Satin-Stitch and Its Offshoots
- Darning
- Laid-Work
- Couching
- Couched Gold
- Appliqué
- Inlay, Mosaic, Cut-Work
- Embroidery in Relief
- Raised Gold
- Quilting
- Stitch Groups
- One Stitch, or Many?
- Outline
- Shading
- Figure Embroidery
- The Direction of the Stitch
- Church Work
- A Plea for Simplicity
- Embroidery Design
- Embroidery Materials
- A Word to the Worker
- A List of Standard Books on Ornament & Decoration, Including Furniture, Wood-Carving, Metal Work, &c., Published by B. T. Batsford, 94, High Holborn, London, W.C