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Art in Needlework: A Book about Embroidery

By Mary Buckle, Lewis Foreman Day

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Table of Contents

ART IN NEEDLEWORK
ART IN NEEDLEWORK
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- Errata.
ART IN NEEDLEWORK.
- EMBROIDERY AND STITCHING.
- CANVAS STITCHES.
- CREWEL-STITCH.
- CHAIN-STITCH.
- HERRING-BONE STITCH.
- BUTTONHOLE-STITCH.
- FEATHER AND ORIENTAL STITCHES.
- ROPE AND KNOT STITCHES.
- INTERLACINGS, SURFACE STITCHES, AND DIAPERS.
- SATIN-STITCH AND ITS OFFSHOOTS.
- DARNING.
- LAID-WORK.
- COUCHING
- COUCHED GOLD.
- APPLIQUÉ.
- INLAY, MOSAIC, 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.
- A PLEA FOR SIMPLICITY.
- EMBROIDERY DESIGN.
- EMBROIDERY MATERIALS.
- A WORD TO THE WORKER.
- INDEX.
- A LIST OF STANDARD BOOKS ON ORNAMENT & DECORATION, INCLUDING FURNITURE, WOOD-CARVING, METAL WORK, &c., PUBLISHED BY B. T. BATSFORD, 94, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C.