OR BORDERS OR GROUNDING (fig. 288).--This simple but most
effective design, copied from one of the most beautiful of Oriental
carpets, can be executed in, either cross stitch, plush stitch, or chain
stitch. To make a wider border still, the diagonal lines that divide the
figures shaped like an S, have only to be prolonged, and the figures
repeated.

The colours have been chosen with the view of reproducing as nearly as
possible the subdued and faded tones, which time has imparted to the
original.

[Illustration: FIG. 288. PATTERN FOR BORDERS OR GROUNDINGS. MATERIALS:
Coton a broder D.M.C Nos. 6 to 12, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3 to 15,
Fil a pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, or Coton a repriser D.M.C No. 25.
EXPLANATION OF THE SIGNS PREFIXED TO THE COLOURS: ([symbol])
Rouge-Cardinal 346, ([symbol]) Rouge-Cornouille 449, ([symbol])
Bleu-Indigo 311, and ([symbol]) Bleu-Indigo 322, ([symbol]) Gris-Cendre
414, ([symbol]) Bronze dore 585 and ([symbol]) Vert-Mousse 470.[A]]

PATTERN FOR GROUNDING (fig. 289).--Diagonal lines, intersected by
balls, serve here as a setting for quaintly shaped flowers and leaves.
The outlines are all worked in cross stitch, and the solid parts, in
either tent stitch or Gobelin stitch.

[Illustration: FIG. 289. PATTERN FOR GROUNDING. MATERIALS: Coton a
tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 16, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 5 to 15 or
Coton a broder D.M.C No. 16.[A] EXPLANATION OF THE SIGNS PREFIXED TO THE
COLOURS: ([symbol]) Noir grand Teint 310, ([symbol]) Jaune d'Ocre 676,
([symbol]) Violet-Mauve 315, ([symbol]) Rouge-Geranium 349, ([symbol])
Rouge-Aurore 360, ([symbol]) Bleu-Indigo 312, ([symbol]) Bleu pale 668,
([symbol]) Rouge-Cornouille 449, ([symbol]) Vert-de-gris 474, ([symbol])
Vert-de-gris 475, ([symbol]) Grounding.[A]]

PART OF A DESIGN, SUITABLE FOR CARPETS (figs. 290 and 291). Our space
will not admit of our reproducing more than a quarter of this design.
Colours of the softest shades should be selected for it. A black line
divides the pattern into four quarters. The upper quarter on the right,
and the lower one, on the left, should be worked in blue, and the upper
one on the left, copied from fig. 290.

[Illustration: FIG. 290. PART OF A DESIGN SUITABLE FOR CARPETS.

MATERIALS: Fil a pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, Coton a tricoter D.M.C
Nos. 6 to 12, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3 to 10, or Coton a repriser
D.M.C No. 12.

EXPLANATION OF THE SIGNS PREFIXED TO THE COLOURS: ([symbol]) Noir grand