Handbook of Embroidery
by L. Higgin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Higgin, L.
- Credits
- Produced by Julie Barkley, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts
- Subject
- Embroidery
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 24964
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24964
- Release Date
- March 30, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.HANDBOOK OF EMBROIDERY. — HANDBOOK OF EMBROIDERY
- 2.BY L. HIGGIN. — EDITED BY LADY MARIAN ALFORD.
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS. — HANDBOOK OF EMBROIDERY.
- 5.CHAPTER I. — OF MATERIALS AND IMPLEMENTS USED IN MODERN EMBROIDERY. — IMPLEMENTS. — MATERIALS. — CREWELS, AND HOW TO USE THEM. — SILKS. — GOLD THREAD, &c. — RECIPES FOR PRESERVING GOLD.
- 6.CHAPTER II. — TEXTILE FABRICS USED AS GROUNDS FOR EMBROIDERY. — LINENS. — TEXTILE FABRICS. — SATINS AND SILKS. — TEXTILE FABRICS. — COTTONS AND WOOLLENS. — TEXTILE FABRICS. — GOLD AND SILVER CLOTH.
- 7.CHAPTER III. — STITCHES USED IN HAND EMBROIDERY AS TAUGHT AT THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF ART-NEEDLEWORK. — STITCHES.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. — FRAMES AND FRAMING. — FRAMING.
- 9.CHAPTER V. — STITCHES USED IN FRAME EMBROIDERY. — “COUCHING,” OR LAID EMBROIDERY. — CUSHION STITCHES. — FOOTNOTE: — CUT WORK OR APPLIQUÉ. — STRETCHING AND FINISHING. — CLEANING.
- 10.DESIGNS FOR EMBROIDERY. — DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
- 11.Royal School of Art-Needlework. — PROSPECTUS. — PREPARED WORK. — APPROXIMATE PRICES OF PREPARED WORK AND MATERIALS. — CREWELS. — LIST OF DESIGNS. — CHAIR BACKS. — NARROW BORDERS. — CURTAIN BORDERS.
- 12.Royal School of Art-Needlework. — FINISHED WORK. — AGENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
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