Artistic Embroidery:

About this eBook

Author

Church, Ella Rodman, 1831-1912

Title

Artistic embroidery : containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework

Original Publication

New York: Adams & Bishop, Publishers, 1880.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Karin Spence 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

Embroidery

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76893

Release Date

September 17, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ARTISTIC EMBROIDERY:
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. WORSTED EMBROIDERY. — CREWEL-WORK. — THE CREWEL STITCH — ARTICLES TO BE WORKED IN CREWELS. — AN EMBROIDERED FRIEZE — A DADO IN CREWELS — A WORSTED-WORKED PORTIÈRE — CURTAINS WITH SPRAYS OF SUMAC. — A SWEET-PEA TABLE COVER — SCREENS IN CREWEL-WORK. — CARRIAGE WRAPS
5. 5.CHAPTER II. SIMPLE IDEAS OF COLOR.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. SILK EMBROIDERY. — THE STITCH FOR SILK EMBROIDERY — GROUP OF FLOWERS FOR SILK EMBROIDERY. — FRENCH, OR FLAT EMBROIDERY. — THE FRENCH KNOT. — STALK-STITCH — POINT-RUSSE. — HERRING-BONE, OR FEATHER STITCH. — CHAIN-STITCH. — LADDER-STITCH. — CHINESE EMBROIDERY.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. DESIGNING AND TRANSFERRING DESIGNS. — TRANSFERRING DESIGNS.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. ARTICLES IN SILK EMBROIDERY. — A SCREEN OF PEACOCK FEATHERS. — A PRETTY BANNER-SCREEN. — ANOTHER BANNER-SCREEN — EMBROIDERED TABLE-TOP. — WINDOW-CURTAIN BORDER. — EMBROIDERED DRESSES. — PANELS. — SMALL CURTAILS OR HANGINGS — A WREATHED PICTURE. — AN EMBROIDERED ROOM. — A FAN TABLE-COVER. — A CHAIR-COVER. — FIRE-SCREENS. — A CHILD’S AFGHAN.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. PRINT-WORK.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. SILK EMBROIDERY WITH GOLD. — MODERN WORK — MATERIALS USED. — GOLD CORD. — GOLD BRAID. — BULLION. — SPANGLES. — GOLD THREAD.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. EMBROIDERED BOOKS AND OTHER ARTICLES. — A MAROON-VELVET BOOK. — A QUEEN’S NEEDLEWORK. — PETRARCH’S SONNETS. — ANOTHER ROYAL BOOK — A BOOK OF ENGRAVINGS — SCRAP-BOOK COVERS — ALBUM COVERS — LETTER-CASE. — GOLD AND SILK EMBROIDERY.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. APPLIED WORK WITH EMBROIDERY. — A LAMBREQUIN IN APPLIQUÉ. — KEY-BAG IN APPLIQUÉ AND EMBROIDERY. — SILK APPLIQUÉ WORK. — CRETONNE-WORK. — CRAPE PICTURES IN APPLIQUÉ. — LINEN APPLIQUÉ.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. EMBROIDERY IN CHENILLE.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. SILK EMBROIDERY ON LINEN. — EMBROIDERED FRUIT DOYLEYS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. HOLBEIN WORK.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. CHURCH EMBROIDERY.—PART I. — IMPLEMENTS NEEDED. — STITCHES. — BASKET-STITCH. — FLOSS-SILK.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. CHURCH EMBROIDERY.—PART II. — PULPIT, OR DESK HANGINGS. — CHURCH BOOK MARKERS. — DESIGNS ON CARDBOARD. — CHURCH-WORK IN APPLIQUÉ.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. LINEN LACE-WORK. — POINT-CONTÉ, — ROSETTES, INSERTIONS, ETC. — POINT COUPÉ, — POINT-TIRÉ, — IMITATION OF ANTIQUE LACE.
19. 19.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
20. 20.Untitled
21. 21.Untitled
22. 22.Untitled
23. 23.Untitled

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