Florence home needle-work (1895) (14769241035)

Identifier: MAB.31962000794895Images
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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Text Appearing Before Image:
This is a medium size of silk, finer than EE, and suitable for outline work or etch-ing. It is used by the best needle workers in connection with the slacker twisted silks,affording a pleasing contrast and producing more artistic work. It is also welladapted to Lace Embroidery or Honiton work Each skein bears a ticket on whichappears the brand Corticelli, as well as the size and color numbers. CORTICELLI EMBROIDERY SILK. Silk sold on this style of spool is used extensively for flannel embroidery, forwhich it is well adapted It can be had of enterprising dealers in four sizes, viz.,E, EE, F and FF, from finest to coarsest, in order named, as shown in engraving. This size of spool can only be obtained in cream white, blue white and black. For embroidery silk in fan-cy colors (size EE only) seesmaller spools, shown on pre-ceding pages, 1 = 10 OunceSpools. ,ld in graving 3rticelli
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85 Corticelli Knitting and Crochet Silk. FAST COLORS.