Artistic embroidery
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Artistic embroidery; - Containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which ha...
Chapters (209)
- ARTISTIC EMBROIDERY:
- INTRODUCTION.
- 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
- CHAPTER II. SIMPLE IDEAS OF COLOR.
- 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.
- CHAPTER IV. DESIGNING AND TRANSFERRING DESIGNS.
- TRANSFERRING DESIGNS.
- 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.
- CHAPTER VI. PRINT-WORK.
- CHAPTER VII. SILK EMBROIDERY WITH GOLD.
- MODERN WORK
- MATERIALS USED.
- GOLD CORD.
- GOLD BRAID.
- BULLION.
- SPANGLES.
- GOLD THREAD.
- 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.
- 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.
- CHAPTER X. EMBROIDERY IN CHENILLE.
- CHAPTER XI. SILK EMBROIDERY ON LINEN.
- EMBROIDERED FRUIT DOYLEYS.
- CHAPTER XII. HOLBEIN WORK.
- CHAPTER XIII. CHURCH EMBROIDERY.—PART I.
- IMPLEMENTS NEEDED.
- STITCHES.
- BASKET-STITCH.
- FLOSS-SILK.
- CHAPTER XIV. CHURCH EMBROIDERY.—PART II.
- PULPIT, OR DESK HANGINGS.
- CHURCH BOOK MARKERS.
- DESIGNS ON CARDBOARD.
- CHURCH-WORK IN APPLIQUÉ.
- CHAPTER XV. LINEN LACE-WORK.
- POINT-CONTÉ,
- ROSETTES, INSERTIONS, ETC.
- POINT COUPÉ,
- POINT-TIRÉ,
- IMITATION OF ANTIQUE LACE.
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