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RELIGIOUS EMBROIDERY DESIGNS CHURCH EMBROIDERY Welcome to our Crafting Books digital store Instant Digital Download - PDF ebook - Ancient and Modern PRACTICALLY ILLUSTRATED BY ANASTASIA DOLBY, EMBROIDERESS TO THE QUEEN. 215 pages The original edition of this Rare Book was printed in 1867 If you have any interest in Church Embroidery this is a great book to have in your collection. PREFACE. The want at the present day of a practical treatise on Church Embroidery is so manifest that it would be superfluous to make any apology to the public for offering, in the following pages, the result of several years' personal experience in the various branches of high-class needlework. A few books on the subject have been written within the last twenty-five years, but they are to be regarded principally as mere histories of Decorative Needlework, for, although highly and generally interesting to readers, yet they prove utterly worthless as guides to uninitiated workers. It is for the benefit of the latter that I have devoted myself in this undertaking. The beautiful art of Church Embroidery is so mysterious and perplexing to the novice, and so simple and fascinating when understood, that I desire nothing more earnestly than that every reader of these instructions, may become proficient, if only for the lasting delight the knowledge will assuredly confer. For the furtherance of my object I have received most generous assistance from more than one efficient source. First, I have to mention the gracious kindness of Dr. Daniel Rock, to whom, as an archaeological authority, I have made frequent reference. Secondly, that of Mr. T. J. Burton (whose taste and talent in Church Decoration are not to be exceeded), for having placed at my disposal many of his beautiful designs for the illustration of my book. And, lastly, I have the gratification to own myself indebted to my husband, but for whose able pencil I might have failed in my efforts to place before the reader and worker my practical ideas on Church Embroidery. A. D. Highgate, 1867. CONTENTS. I. Introduction . 1 II. The Holy Altar, and its Adornment 12 III. Eight Altars illustrated, and described for different kinds of Needlework —Directions for executing Coloured Frontispiece of Hanging for Feasts of our Lord 20 IV. Super-frontals—Ornamental Crosses for Frontals 56 V. Monograms (various)—Powderings—Pulpit and Desk-Hangings . 70 VI. Sermon-Cases—Band-Cases— Book-Covers—Alms-Bags—Alms Dish-Mats—Church Book-Markers 83 VII. Church Linen—Altar and other Cloths—Pouncing and Drawing Patterns on Linen for Ancient Embroidery—How to prepare Designs on Cardboard for Modern Church Embroidery 98 VIII. Applique ; or, Applied Work — Instructions for Preparation of Applique in every Material IX. Embroidery-Frames—Framing Work generally—How to use the Hands at the Frame—Proper Implements for Church Embroidery X. Remarks on Gold—Gold Bullion Embroidery—Passing—Its Use Illustrated from Photographs of 13 Old Stitches . . . . 136 XI. Embroidery Silks—Directions for Long-Stitch Embroidery —French Knots, with Practical Illustration 153 XII. Textile Fabrics for Robing the Altar—Correct Church Colours and Shades 163 INDEX TO PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS. ALTAR, Adornment of the, 12. , Baldacchino, Example of, 38. , Canopy for the, how to work the, 39. , Correct colours for apparel of the, 19, 168. , Curtains for the, 41. , Textile fabrics—various—for the, 163. , Linen for the, 98. ALTAR-CLOTH, Agnus Dei for Lenten, 31. , Alpha and Omega for, 23. , Florid Gothic design for, 29. , Frontispiece, for festivals of our Lord, 50. , Gothic design for, 27. , Grecian „ 20. , Lily, for Saints and Martyrs, 35. , Simple design for, 25. ALTARS, Stone, 12, 14. , Super, 13. , Travelling, 13. , Wooden, 12. APPLIQUE, Advantages of, 110. , Cords for edging, 117, 118. , Preparation of materials for, 115, 119. , Proper fabrics for, 112. Bags, Alms, 92. , Frames for alms, 93. Band-case, The, 89. , How to make up the, 90. Book-covers, 90. BOOK-MARKERS, Church, 94. Bristol-board, Preparation of designs on, 108. , Description of, for Church Embroidery, 109. Card-board, See Bristol-board. Chain-stitch, 10 1. , Cotton proper for, 102. Chalice-veil, The, 99. Chinese-White, for tracing patterns on dark surfaces, 117. CLOTH, Applique in, 114. , Broad, for Hangings, 165. , Of gold, 113. , Of silver, 114. Constantine, Sacred Monogram on Labarum of, 20. Cords, Spiral, for edging Applique, 117. Corporal, The, 99, 100. Couching, 139. Dacca Silks, 154. Desk Hangings, 79. Dish-Mats, Alms, 93. EMBROIDERY, Reference made to Ancient, 15, 16, 41, 153. , How to execute Mediaeval, 158. EMBROIDERY, Gold Bullion, 149. , Modern Church, 108, 159. , Silks, for, 153. Floss Silk, Description of, 153. , Passing laid upon, 145. , The hands in working, 129. FRAME, Four piece Embroidery, 121. , How to use the hands at the, 127. , How to sit at the, 129. , The Stand, 122. FRAMING Work, generally, 123. French Gold-colour Silk, 155. French Knots, 161. Fringes, Altar-cloth, 166. , Book-marker, 97. , Lecturn, 82. FRONTALS, Monograms and Crosses for, 60. , Super, 56. GOLD, Beads, 46. , Bullion, 149. , Cloth of, 113. , Passing, 138. , Pearl-purl, 151. , Remarks on, 136. , Spangles, 149. , Tambour Thread, 149. , Twist, 152. , Vapours prejudicial to manufactured, 137. Gum Tragacanth, 61. Holland, 119, 166. IMPLEMENTS for Church Embroidery, 131. Indian Ink, Uses for, 51, Inscriptions, Cloth of Gold for, 113. LABELS to be wrought in Applique, 117. Leaves, Veins of, 159. Lecturn, Example of, 82. LINEN, Altar-cloths of, 98. , Foundation, for Ancient Embroidery, 102. , How to prepare, for tracing upon, 103. , How to transfer Embroidery upon, 105. MONOGRAMS, Various, 70. Museum, Reference made to British, 91. , Reference made to South Kensington, 15, 16, 110, 113 Needles, Church Embroidery, 131. , Packing, 133. Offertory Plates. See Alms-Dish, 93. Pall. See Corporal, 99. Paper, Backing of Needlework with, 106. Passing, Gold, description of, 138. Paste, How to make needlework, 107. , How to spread, upon holland, 115. Piercer, for Gold Embroidery, 134. Pins, Short-white, importance of, 133. , Minikin, 133. POUNCING, 103. , Powder for, 103. , Stump for, 103. POWDERINGS, 71. Predella, 14. Pricking, for pouncing, 103. Proper Needle for pricking, 104 Pulpit Hangings, 79. Registers, Church Book-Marker, 95. Reredos, Description of, 38. Rome, Lamp found in Catacombs at, 61. Scissors, Proper, for Church Needlework, 134. SERMON-CASE, The, 83. , How to make up the, 88. SILK, Moire, objection to, 84. , Repp, for clothing the Altar, 164. , To prepare, for Applique, 119. , Watered, objection to, 84. SILKS, Embroidery, 153. , Berlin, 154. , Crochet Twist, 155. , Floss, 153. , Purse, 156. , Sewing, 156, 157. , Three-cord, 155. SILVER, 138. , Cloth of, caution in using, 114. Spangles, 149. Starch, White, for Applique purposes, 119. Stays, Cardboard, necessity for, 109. Stiletto, Use of the, 133. STITCHES, 139. , Basket Stitch, 147. , Broad Couching, 143. , Chain Stitch, 101. , Diagonal Broad Couching, 143. , Diagonal Couching, 141. , Diamond Couching, 142. , Diaper Couching, 142. , Line and Cross Diaper, 144. STITCHES, Long Embroidery Stitch, 146. , Plain Couching, 140. , Shell Diaper Stitch, 144. , Twist Stitch, 146. , Wavy Couching, 141. STRING, Uses for, 26, 52, 63, 80, 85, 109, 147, 148. Tambour Work, 101. Texts, suitable for Pulpit and Desk, 82. Thimbles, 134. Trestles, use of, for four-piece frames, 123. Twine. See String. VELVETS, Cotton, 112. , Silk, for Applique', 112. , Spitalfields, for Apparel of the Altar, 164. , Utrecht, 165. 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