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Title: Florence home needle-work
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Nonotuck Silk Company
Subjects: Needlework Lace and lace making Embroidery--Design Fancy work Crocheting Knitting Cross-stitch Macrame Drawn-work Monograms Beadwork Stitches (Sewing) Tatting Netting Openwork Edging Insertion Darning Irish lace
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Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
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and ends at B. Turnthe work in the hand and bring needle up at point below E,as seen in engraving, and work as in the first row. Theshort rows of figures being now covered, the alternate rowsare worked in a similar manner, the first beginning at Cand ending at D, and the second commencing at E andterminating at F. . .11 a tll« > H , at Can loners ago strainthan <li: m m i 37.— M samples.observing w^ enlarged iUhich hastako shows ;Pattern. \\ Sunder the ?essin<r rap(1°go0(l WO) *<K. FLORENCE HOME NEEDLE-WORK. 33 Vith i ending^, Winning at sorted hpraying, Tattkkn ^ ad hoi-izoDi , _- that J at B point altera^ inning at Tn Fish. 44 all the straight horizontal rows are worked fromA to B on the short rows of figures. The first irregular rowbeo-ins at C and ends at D, the second begins at E and ends at F. Beginners are advised to work first on those patternswhich go straight across from right to left, as they are moresimple than diagonal patterns. Figs. 38, 39, 42, 43 and 44
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•nri *l Fig. 37. —Mosaic Embroidery with Corticelli Silk. Pattern X. are examples. None of the patterns are difficult, however, for observing workers. An enlarged engraving (Fig. 28) shows the kind of needleused, which has a blunt point and a long, smooth eye ; thecut also shows the direction taken by the needle in executingthe pattern. When well finished, this kind of needle passeseasily under the figures on the surface of the cloth, the workprogressing rapidly without overtaxing the eyes. You can-not do good work with a sharp-pointed needle. FI 34 FLORENCE HOME NEEDLE-WORK. The diagram (Fig. 27) shows the manner of cutting awaythe superfluous material after the embroidery is complete ;the space between the lines marked CC, EE, DD is a section i . 1 Ml -• i;? J /«-.») fn—nil f\—mi) fi_ni» fiu-.n> fnL_iiff fiu-nfl fu->.fl—8» -iTltTNr!—IrH— IlTlll-!—HI—HHlMH—Ill—Ill-Ill—lll-fe «ilh-

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