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Title: The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911 Saward, Blanche C
Subjects: Needlework
Publisher: London : A.W. Cowan
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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ed in this manner of working detract from its beauty.Arrasene can be worked upon serge and canvas without aframe; the material is then held in the hand, a Chenilleneedle used, and the work executed in Stem or CrewelStitch. When so done, great care is necessary in passingthe Arrasene through the material so that it lies with itspile uppermost, and does not show the woven centre linefrom which the soft edges proceed. Broad and velvety effects THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. »5 are obtainable from Arrasene embroidery, and it is capableof good art work, as it gives scope for individual taste.Arrasene is not suitable for a background; these are madeeither of solid material or in Tent Stitch. To work Fig. 17:A group of forget-me-nots, worked upon a deep russet red Arrasene. After the embroidery is completed, lay it facedownwards on a cloth, and pass a warm iron over the backof the work. Arrow Stitch.—So called from the slanting position ofthe threads forming it. Identical with Stem Stitch.
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Fig. 18. AU PASSE STITCH ON SILK. ground of cloth. Work the forget-me-nots with two shadesof pale blue silk Arrasene, and fill in their centres Avithmaize Arrasene; work the leaves and stalks with threeshades of subdued greens in wool Arrasene, and the orna-mental border surrounding the flowers in two shades ofrusset red colour, lighter than the ground, and of wool Art Embroidery or Needlework.—A name recentlyintroduced as a general term for all descriptions of needle-work that spring from the application of a knowledge ofdesign and colouring, with skill in fitting and executing.It is either executed by the worker from his or her designor the patterns are drawn by a skilled artist, and much i6 THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. individual scope in execution and colouring is requiredfrom the embroiderer. The term is chiefly used to denoteInlaid and Onlaid Applique, embroidery in silk andcrewels for ordinary domestic purposes, and embroiderywith gold, silver, and silk, for church work; but

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