Teint 310, Rouge-Grenat 358, ([symbol]) Rouge-Cornouille 450, ([symbol])
Bleu-Indigo 311 and ([symbol]) Bleu-Indigo 322, ([symbol]) Vert
metallique 465, ([symbol]) Gris-Noisette 424.]

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 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 15, or Coton a
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 metallique 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.

Linen fabrics are either white, unbleached or cream-coloured. All three
are used for embroidery, but the coloured cottons show up best on the
cream ground; on the white, they look hard and crude, and on the
unbleached, dull and faded.

MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR LINEN EMBROIDERY--As most linen embroidery is
executed on articles that are subjected to frequent washing, the D.M.C
cottons, which are to be had in every shade and colour, are the best f