Fancy work for pleasure and profit (1905) (14580251427)

Ribbon work
Identifier: fancyworkforplea00hero (find matches)
Title: Fancy work for pleasure and profit
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Heron, Adelaide E
Subjects: Needlework
Publisher: Chicago, Thompson & Thomas
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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e least wear, but reserve it for the embellishment of mirrorframes, panels for the walls, over-mantel curtains, easel pieces, table banner-screens, and for the outer covering of handkerchief and glove sachets. Thisstyle of embroidery must never be skimped as to material nor slighted inthe workmanship if satisfactory results are desired. There are several flowers and fruits that are especially adapted forraised embroidery, and we propose in the present chapter to select thosedesigns that are most effective when finished, and that can be used for thegreatest variety of purposes, as in the pages of a work of this kind it willbe quite impossible to give a specific lesson on all the fruits and flowersthat can be used for this style of work. Ribbon work, sometimes called roccoco, is one of the oldest formsof raised embroidery, and was much used in the last century; it has had.from time to time, a revival of popularity in this. At first the ribbon was ISO DAfNTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT.
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RIBBON WORK-SEE PAGE 151 RAISED EMBROIDERY. 151 worked on the material without any effort at raising it; a narrow ribbonthreaded in a long-eyed needle being used for this purpose. From this to.single and double roses was but a step, after which followed raised cat-tails,golden rod, coxcomb, sumac, snowball, fruits and varieties of the lily fam-ily. We will discuss first the various forms of RIBBON WORK. The earlier ribbon designs were worked out with a narrow China ribbonabout one-half inch in width. This ribbon was dyed with beautiful shadesin art tones, as old blue, dead rose, sage green, etc. Some of the ribbonswere shaded from light on one edge to dark on the other, and thus formedeffective shadings. The designs for working the ribbon were of the smaller flowers or ofthe larger ones drawn in miniature and arranged as Kensington designs arenow made. Also Louis XVI designs—arrangement of flowers in variousdevices—were designed on satin bed coverings and door hangings in de-tache