Art in Needlework

About this eBook

Author

Buckle, Mary, active 1900

Title

Art in Needlework: A Book about Embroidery

Credits

Produced by Constanze Hofmann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Subject

Needlework

Category

Text

eBook-No.

28269

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28269

Release Date

March 7, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ART IN NEEDLEWORK — ART IN NEEDLEWORK
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.Errata. — ART IN NEEDLEWORK.
6. 6.EMBROIDERY AND STITCHING.
7. 7.CANVAS STITCHES.
8. 8.CREWEL-STITCH.
9. 9.CHAIN-STITCH.
10. 10.HERRING-BONE STITCH.
11. 11.BUTTONHOLE-STITCH.
12. 12.FEATHER AND ORIENTAL STITCHES.
13. 13.ROPE AND KNOT STITCHES.
14. 14.INTERLACINGS, SURFACE STITCHES, AND DIAPERS.
15. 15.SATIN-STITCH AND ITS OFFSHOOTS.
16. 16.DARNING.
17. 17.LAID-WORK.
18. 18.COUCHING
19. 19.COUCHED GOLD.
20. 20.APPLIQUÉ.
21. 21.INLAY, MOSAIC, CUT-WORK.
22. 22.EMBROIDERY IN RELIEF.
23. 23.RAISED GOLD.
24. 24.QUILTING.
25. 25.STITCH GROUPS.
26. 26.ONE STITCH, OR MANY?
27. 27.OUTLINE.
28. 28.SHADING.
29. 29.FIGURE EMBROIDERY.
30. 30.THE DIRECTION OF THE STITCH.
31. 31.CHURCH WORK.
32. 32.A PLEA FOR SIMPLICITY.
33. 33.EMBROIDERY DESIGN.
34. 34.EMBROIDERY MATERIALS.
35. 35.A WORD TO THE WORKER.
36. 36.INDEX.
37. 37.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.

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