INDEX.

Adaptation of stitch, 103, 188, 253

Antique stitch, 66 (See also Oriental-stitch)

Appliqué, 140, 144 et seq., 220, 222, 224

Arab work, 152

Artless art, 37, 236

Attachment of cord, 124

Backstitch, 30, 37, 41, 53, 83, 86, 172, 226, 230

Basket patterns, 134

Beads, 248

Beginning & finishing, 252

Blanket-stitch, 56

Braid-stitch, 42, 43

Broad surfaces (covering), 178

Brocade, 244

Bullion, 165

Bullion-stitch, 75, 76, 162, 165

Buttonhole-stitch, 8, 55 et seq., 69, 122, 145, 158, 178, 182

Buttonholing (lace), 84, 86

Byzantine embroidery, 12, 24

Cable-chain, 42

Canvas, 7, 25

Canvas stitches, 12 et seq.

Canvas-stitch embroidery, 22

Card underlay, 162, 246

Cashmere embroidery, 228

Cashmere-stitch, 18

Chain-stitch, 38 et seq., 61, 83, 129, 145, 156, 158, 178, 182, 202, 226, 245

Chenille, 245

Chinese embroidery, 78, 96, 129, 136, 140, 152

Church work, 41, 136, 148, 166, 216 et seq.

Classification of stitches, 9, 175 et seq.

Cloth, 125, 126, 159, 243

Colour, 110, 208

Colour gradation, 98, 114, 118

Colour and outline, 146, 185

Combination of stitches, 182

Coptic embroidery, 12, 226

Coptic tapestry, 2

Coral, 166, 248

Cord, 122

Cord (couched), 128, 144, 178, 182

Cord (attachment of), 124

Cotton, 243

Couched cord, 128, 144, 178, 182

Couched gold, 131 et seq., 182

Couched outline, 146

Couching, 22, 114, 120, 121, 122 et seq., 244

Couching (reverse), 130

Counterchange, 154

Cretan embroidery, 12

Cretan-stitch, 61 (See also Ladder-stitch)

Crewel, 244

Crewel-stitch, 26 et seq., 83, 86, 103, 105, 178

Crewel-stitch (surface), 86

Crewel work, 26, 36, 37

Cross-stitch, 12, 14, 16

Crossed buttonhole-stitch, 56

Cushion-stitch, 20, 21

Cut-work, 156

Damask, 243, 244

Damping, 254, 255

Darning, 8, 22, 83, 90, 106 et seq., 178, 179

Darning (Japanese), 86

Darning (surface), 84

Design, 150, 219, 233 et seq.

Design, traditional, 238, 240

Design and stitch, 10, 238

Designer and embroiderer, 232, 233

Diapers, 87, 88, 108, 132, 134, 210

Direction of stitch, 92, 95, 108, 114, 136, 190, 208 et seq.

Double darning, 106

Double thread, 253

Dovetail-stitch, 103, 104 (See also Embroidery and Plumage Stitches)

Drawing with the needle, 192, 194, 196, 199, 211

Drawn work, 2, 4

Eastern embroidery. (See Oriental)

Effect and stitch, 36, 78

Eighteenth century embroidery, 220, 246

Embroidery and painting, 201, 202

Embroidery-stitch, 103 (See also Plumage-stitch)

English embroidery, 34, 36, 169

Feather-stitch, 62 et seq., 83, 100, 178

Felt, 243

Fifteenth century embroidery, 24, 164

Figure work, 116, 169, 190, 198 et seq.

Filling-in patterns, 24

Filo-floss, 164, 244

Filoselle, 124, 144, 244

Fishbone, 21, 47, 51

Flax thread, 164, 244

Flemish embroidery, 142, 200

Flesh, 204, 206

Florentine-stitch, 18, 21 (See also Cushion stitch)

Floss, 95, 114, 116, 118, 120, 244

Form and stitch, 44, 47, 100, 118, 176, 211, 253

Framing work, 251

French embroidery, 88, 245

French floss, 244

French knots, 77, 129, 150, 178, 244

Geometric pattern, 225

German embroidery, 110, 125, 126, 156, 185, 226

German knot-stitch, 72

Gobelin-stitch, 18

Gold, 210, 222, 245

Gold (couched), 131 et seq., 182

Gold (raised), 134, 136, 165

Gold thread, 131, 245

Gold tinted by couching stitches, 142

Gold wire, 169, 248

Half-cross-stitch, 20

Heraldic embroidery, 156

Herringbone-stitch, 8, 22, 47 et seq., 83, 178, 182

Hildesheim cope (the), 126

Hungarian embroidery, 2

Hungarian stitch, 18

Indian embroidery, 41, 46, 61, 95, 98, 154, 169, 222, 248

Indian herring-bone, 48

Inlay, 153

Interlacing stitches, 83

Italian embroidery, 22, 24, 37, 46, 138

Italian embroidery (Renaissance), 22, 41, 120, 142, 154, 199

Japanese darning, 86, 87

Japanese embroidery, 80

Japanese gold, 245

Jewels, 165, 248

Knot stitches, 72 et seq., 182

Lace, 1, 2

Lace stitches, 84 et seq.

Ladder-stitch, 59, 61, 182

Laid-work, 112 et seq., 162, 178

Leather, 248

Leather on velvet, 150

Length of stitch, 96, 100

Limitations of embroidery, 240

Line work, 176, 178

Linen, 164, 243

Linen (embroidery on), 24

Long-and-short-stitch, 36, 98, 100, 178, 190, 192

Magic-stitch, 41

Material (influence of on stitch), 12, 13, 16, 18, 24, 88, 91

Materials, 242 et seq.

Mechanical embroidery, 225

Mediæval work, 92, 136, 140, 190

Milanese-stitch, 18

Modelling, 222

Modest work, 230, 231

Moorish-stitch, 18, 21

Morocco embroidery, 152

Needle (tambour), 38, 245

Needle pictures, 201

Needles, 250

Net passing, 86

Old English Knot-stitch, 75

Opus Anglicanum, 9

Oriental embroidery, 2, 22, 61, 92, 112, 136, 140, 153, 226

Oriental stitch, 66 et seq., 83, 178, 182

Originality, 234

Outline, 22, 77, 108, 146, 158, 178, 184, 185 et seq.

Outline (couched), 126, 128, 146

Outline (double), 146, 185, 186

Outline (stepped), 16, 24

Outline (voided), 96, 187

Outline embroidery, 138

Outline stitch, 29, 30, 32, 86

Padding, 159, 172

Painting, 201, 202

Parchment, 160, 168, 246

Parisian-stitch, 18

Patchwork, 156

Pearls, 165, 166, 248

Peasant work, 12, 13, 226

Persian embroidery, 7, 24, 41, 174, 228

Pictorial effect, 198, 199, 201

Pictures (tent-stitch), 14, 20

Pierce, 132

Pins, 146, 250

Plait-stitch, 21

Plate, 245

Plumage-stitch, 62, 100, 103, 178, 179, 192, 212

Preciousness, 198

Purl, 245

Purse silk, 116, 162

Quilting, 172 et seq.

Raised gold, 134, 136, 165 et seq.

Raised work, 134, 136, 159 et seq.

Relief, 159 et seq., 166, 168, 169, 172, 222

Renaissance embroidery, 41, 92, 142, 154, 166

Renewing ground, 126

Reverse-couching, 130

Ribbon, 150, 246

Ribbon work, 246

Roll-stitch, 75 (See also Bullion-stitch)

Roman satin, 243

Rope-stitch, 71 et seq., 178

Running, 83, 106, 179

Satin, 243

Satin "de luxe", 243

Satin on velvet, 150

Satin-stitch, 24, 91 et seq., 103, 112, 128, 158, 160, 162, 175, 178, 182, 192, 206, 212, 245

Satin-stitch (surface), 98, 182

Satin-stitch in the making, 91

Scissors, 250

Serge, 243

Seventeenth century embroidery, 14, 166

Shaded silk, 246

Shading, 34, 176, 188 et seq.

Silk, 146, 243

Silk (tussah), 244

Silk (twisted), 95, 124, 125

Silk on silk, 150

Silks, 244

Silver, 135, 138, 166

Simplicity, 180, 236, 238

Simplicity (a plea for), 225 et seq.

Sixteenth century embroidery, 22, 120, 125, 142, 185, 199

Solid chain-stitch, 43, 44

Solid crewel-stitch, 32, 34

Soudanese embroidery, 112

Spangles, 169, 248

Spanish embroidery, 129, 142, 154, 166, 185

Spanish-stitch, 18, 22 (See also Plait-stitch)

Split-stitch, 38, 100, 105, 114, 179, 190, 196, 222

Spot-stitch, 30

Stem-stitch, 32

Stems, 95

Stepped outline, 16, 24

Stiletto, 174

Stitch (definition of), 11

Stitch adaptation, 103, 188, 253

Stitch and effect, 36, 78

Stitch and form, 44, 47, 100, 118, 176, 211, 253

Stitch and stuff, 12, 13, 16, 18, 24, 88, 91

Stitch groups, 9, 175 et seq.

Stitch names, 8, 9

Stitch patterns, 87, 88

Stitch and design, 10, 238

Stitches, 7

Stitching over stitching, 215

Stretching work, 251, 254

String, 159, 160, 162

Stroke-stitch, 16

Stuffs, 242

Surface crewel-stitch, 86

Surface darning, 84

Surface satin-stitch, 98, 182

Surface stitches, 84

Syon cope (the), 7, 130, 210

Tailors' buttonhole, 56

Tambour, 245

Tambour frame, 44

Tambour needle, 38, 245

Tambour stitch, 38

Tambour work, 44, 194

Tapestry, 1, 2, 4, 143, 220

Tapestry-stitch, 53

Tendrils, 130

Tent-stitch, 14, 18

Thimble, 250

Thread, 244

Traditional design, 238, 240

Transferring design, 251

Turkish embroidery, 22

Tussah silk, 244

Twisted silk, 95, 124, 125

Underlay, 159, 160, 165

Unpicking, 253

Vandyke chain, 42

Variety of method, 148, 158

Variety of stitch, 180 et seq.

Velvet, 150, 222

Venetian embroidery, 138

Voiding, 96, 187

Weaving, 2

White on white, 162, 230

Wool. (See Crewel)

Woollen stuffs, 243

THE END.

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.