[Illustration: FIG. 290. PART OF A DESIGN SUITABLE FOR CARPETS.
MATERIALS: Fil à pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, Coton à tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 12, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3 to 10, or Coton à repriser D.M.C No. 12.
EXPLANATION OF THE SIGNS PREFIXED TO THE COLOURS: ([symbol]) Noir grand Teint 310, Rouge-Grenat 358, ([symbol]) Rouge-Cornouille 450, ([symbol]) Bleu-Indigo 311 and ([symbol]) Bleu-Indigo 322, ([symbol]) Vert métallique 465, ([symbol]) Gris-Noisette 424.[A]]
The narrow border, in red, blue and green, is to be repeated after the broad band, which is represented in fig. 291, has been added to the grounding. A very good effect is obtained, if in the broad border, fig. 291, you vary the background of the different subjects.
[Illustration: FIG. 291. OUTER BORDER OF THE DESIGN FOR CARPETS FIG. 290. MATERIALS: Fil à pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, Coton à tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 12, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3 to 15, or Coton à repriser D.M.C No. 12.[A] EXPLANATION OF THE SIGNS PREFIXED TO THE COLOURS: ([symbol]) Noir grand Teint 310, ([symbol]) Rouge-Grenat 358, ([symbol]) Bleu-Indigo 311, ([symbol]) Vert métallique 465, ([symbol]) Jaune-vieil-Or 679, ([symbol]) Gris-Noisette 424, ([symbol]) Rouge-Cornouille 450.[A]]
LINEN EMBROIDERY.—The stitches used in linen embroidery are very similar to those used in canvas work. The ordinary cross stitch, as represented in fig. 253, is the one most commonly used, but it is not so effective as the two-sided stitches, which in the beautiful old needlework of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, have always excited our wonder and admiration.
STUFFS SUITABLE FOR LINEN EMBROIDERY.—Most embroidery of this kind, and more especially the Italian, is done on very fine linen. Such fine work however, requires more time and patience than people, in these days, are as a rule disposed to bestow on work intended merely for pleasure and recreation. To meet the requirements of the day, therefore, in addition to the finer kinds of linen, a great variety of textures, are now manufactured, the threads of which, being thick and round, can be easily counted. The cross stitches that are worked on Cuba, Ceylon or Batavia linen, are large and coarse, those on linen-canvas, Russian linen, twisted tammy, and Rhodes linen, small and fine.
