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  PART III.— (1) STITCHERY OF EMBROIDERIES IN IMITATION OF TAPESTRY AND THE LIKE.—Background Stitches.—Figures in Raised Needlework.—Knot Stitches.—Plush Stitch.—Embroidery in Purl and Metallic Threads.—Bead Embroidery.—First Stage of Embroidered Picture 143-160     (2) THE STITCHERY OF SAMPLERS, WITH A NOTE ON THEIR MATERIALS.—Cut and Drawn Work.—Back Stitch.—Alphabet Stitches.—Darning Stitches.—Tent and Cross Stitches.—Various Stitches.—Materials 161-171     INDEX 173

 

 

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List of Colour Plates

PLATE		To face page
I.	Tapestry Embroidery. Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth	Frontispiece
II.	Sampler, by M. C. 16th-17th Century	9
III.	Portion of Long Sampler, by A. S. Dated 1648	16
IV.	Sampler, by Elizabeth Calthorpe. Dated 1656	20
V.	Portion of Sampler, by Mary Hall. Dated 1662	24
VI.	Portion of Sampler, by Elizabeth Creasey. Dated 1686	36
VII.	Sampler, by Hannah Dawe. 17th Century	42
VIII.	Sampler, by Mary Postle. Dated 1747	48
IX.	Sampler, by E. Philips. Dated 1761	56
X.	Sampler, by Catherine Tweedall. Dated 1775	66
XI.	Sampler, by Ann Chapman. Dated 1779	78
XII.	Sampler, by Ann Maria Wiggins. 19th Century	90
XIII.	American Sampler, by Martha C. Barton. Dated 1825	100