Art in needlework : a book about embroidery

Name/Title

Art in needlework : a book about embroidery

Entry/Object ID

TT770.D27 2011

Description

Facsimile of 1907 edition.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Lucy Dillon

Notes

Gift of Lucy Dillon, February 2024.

Lexicon

Search Terms

embroidery, needlework

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Lewis F. Day, Mary Buckle

Publisher

[Publisher not identified]

Place Published

Location

[Place of publication not identified]

Date Published

2011

ISBN

9781435756366

LCCN

76017769

Notes

Length: 274

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Embroidery and embroidery stitches -- Canvas stitches -- Crewel-stitch -- Herring-bone-stitch -- Buttonhole-stitch -- Feather and oriental stitches -- Rope and knot stitches -- Interlacing, surface stitches and diapers -- Satin-stitch and its offshoots -- Darning -- Laid-work -- Couching -- Couched gold -- Appliqué -- Inlay, mosaic and cut-work -- Embroidery in relief -- Raised gold -- Quilting -- Stitch groups -- One stitch or many? -- Outline -- shading -- Figure embroidery -- The direction of the stitch -- Church work -- White work -- A plea for simplicity -- Embroidery design -- Embroidery design -- A word to the worker.