Art in Needlework: Embroidery, by Lewis Day and Mary Buckle, Part 1
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The Difference Between Tapestry and Embroidery
Embroidery is enrichment by means of a needle. To embroider is to work on something. A groundwork is presupposed, and we usually understand by embroidery needlework in thread. It may be wool, cotton, linen, silk, gold, no matter what, upon a textile material,. no matter what. In silk upon linen, in wool upon cotton, in gold upon velvet. The advisability of working upon a precious stuff in thread less precious is open to question.
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