Needlework as Art

About this eBook

Author

Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888

Title

Needlework As Art

Credits

Produced by Julia Miller, jenniemuse, Sam W. 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

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Needlework

Category

Text

eBook-No.

30472

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30472

Release Date

November 14, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.NEEDLEWORK AS ART
2. 2.LADY M. ALFORD
3. 3.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES:
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — CUTS. — PLATES. — NEEDLEWORK AS ART.
6. 6.INTRODUCTION. — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — STYLE. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — DESIGN. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — PATTERNS. — PRIMITIVE. — NATURALISTIC. — SYMBOLICAL AND CONVENTIONAL. — GEOMETRICAL. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — MATERIALS. — 1. RAW MATERIALS. — 2. WOOL. — 3. FLAX. — 4. COTTON. — 5. GOLD. — 6. SILK. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — COLOUR. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — Part 1. — Stitches. — Part 2. — Plain Work and White Work. — Part 3. — Opus Phrygium ( or gold work ). — Part 4. — Opus Pulvinarium ( or cushion work ). — Part 5. — Opus Plumarium ( or plumage work ). — Part 6. — Opus Consutum ( or cut work ). — Part 7. — Lace.—Opus Filatorium or Araneum. — Part 8. — Tapestry—Opus Pectineum. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — HANGINGS. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — FURNITURE. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — DRESS. — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERY. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — ENGLISH EMBROIDERY. — POSTSCRIPT. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.APPENDICES. — Appendix I., to Page 105 . — Appendix II., to Page 210 . — Appendix III., to Page 237 . — Appendix IV., to Page 318 . — FOOTNOTES: — Appendix V., to Page 320 . — Appendix VI., to Page 326 . — Appendix VII., to Page 350 . — Appendix VIII., to Page 369 . — Appendix IX., to Page 362 . — Appendix X., to Page 365 . — Appendix XI., to Page 377 .
19. 19.INDEX.
20. 20.ERRATA.

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