Cotton, 49

Couching, 164

Couching gold, ancient method of, 238

Couching gold, usual method, 250

Coverlet, quilted Sicilian (Plate III.), 358

Crewel work, 103

Curtain, XVIIth century (Plate VIII.), 361

Curtain, XVIIth century wool-work (Plate VII.), 361

Cutwork, 213, 221

Darned netting, 210

Darning, 196

Darning, pattern, 197

Design, 30, 51

Design for tapestry, 311

Designing, pattern, 51

Directions, practical, 292

Drawn thread work, 213

Dressing the coat-stave, 333

Egyptian weaving (Plate XIV.), 364

Emblems, 270

Embroidery frame used as a loom, 323

Embroidery, washing, 297

Embroidery with gold and silver threads, 229

Figure work, 69

Fine drawing, 346

Flax threads, 49

Foliage, detail of (Plate VI.), 360

Frames, embroidery, 35

Frame work, 301

Fringes, 280

Garniture of work, the, 271

Gold and silver threads, embroidery with, 229

Gold thread embroidery, 229

Heraldry, 268

Inlaid work, 180

Interlocking stitch, 347

Knife, 43

Knots, 118, 286

Knotted cord, 277

Knotted thread, 119

Laid work, 168

Lettering, 259

Lettering, cutwork, XVIIth century (Plate IX.), 362

Linen, 47

Loom, 315

Madeira work, 222

Marking, 262

Materials, 44

Materials and appliances for tapestry weaving, 315

Materials for gold work, 233

Methods of work, 164

Monograms, 259

Needles, 35, 322

Objects to work, 31, 314

Open-work fillings, 201

Opus plumarium, 101

Orphrey, XVth century (Plate V.), 359

Past work, study of, 28, 53

Paste, embroidery, 295

Patch work, 183

Pattern darning, 197

Pattern designing, 51

Pattern tracing, 328

Patterns, transference of, 42, 292

Persian embroidery (Plate XI.), 363

Petit point pictures, 149

Picots, 143

Piercer, 43

Practical directions, 292

Precious stones, 50

Pricker, 42

Puckered work, cure of, 298

Purls, 256

Quilting, 189

Raised gold work, 253

Raised work, 192

Sampler, embroidered (Plate X.), 362

Samplers, 148

Satin, 48

Scissors, 35

Shading, 68, 348

Silk, 48, 327

Silk threads, 49

Silver and gold threads, embroidery with, 229

Spindle, 43

Stands, embroidery frame, 37

Stitches, 75

Stitch, back, 107

Stitch, basket, 131

Stitch, braid, 88

Stitch, bullion, 121

Stitch, buttonhole, 107

Stitch, cable chain, 90

Stitch, chain, 77

Stitch, chequered chain, 84

Stitch, Cretan, 134

Stitch, cross, 152

Stitch, double back stitch, 127

Stitch, feather stitch, 129

Stitch, fishbone, 131

Stitch, French knot, 120

Stitch, Gobelin, 154

Stitch, herring-bone, 126

Stitch, Holbein, 159

Stitch, insertion, various, 139

Stitch, interlocking, 347

Stitch, Irish, 155

Stitch, knot, 124

Stitch, knotted chain, 92

Stitch, long and short, 99

Stitch, open chain, 86

Stitch, overcast, 106

Stitch, plait, 156

Stitch, rococo, 162

Stitch, rope, 86

Stitch, Roumanian, 136

Stitch, satin, 95

Stitch, split, 94

Stitch, stem, 101

Stitch, stroke, 159

Stitch, tailor's buttonhole, 109

Stitch, tambour, 77

Stitch, tent, 153

Stitch, twisted chain, 85

Stitch, two-sided Italian, 156

Stitch, zigzag chain, 83

Tablecloth, embroidered (Plate XII.), 364

Tambour frame, 39

Tapestry bag (Plate XVI.), 365

Tapestry, example (Plate XV.), 366

Tapestry weaving, introduction to, 307

Tassels, 283

Tarnish of gold and silver threads, 237

Thimbles, 35

Threads, 49, 299, 327

Threads, gold and silver, 229

Tools, 34

Tools for tapestry weaving, 315

Tracing patterns, 42, 328

Tracing patterns on warp, 336

Transferring patterns, methods of, 292

Transferring patterns, requisites for, 42

Velvet, 48

Warp, 326

Warping the loom, 328

Washing embroidery, 297

Weaving, 339

Weaving, Egyptian (Plate XIV.), 364

Weaving, tapestry, 305

Work, garniture of, 271

Work, methods of, 164

Work, preparations for, 328

Work, protection and preservation of, 292

Wools, 49, 327

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