nt method of, 238

Couching gold, usual method, 250

Coverlet, quilted Sicilian (Plate III.), 358

Crewel work, 103

Curtain, XVIIth century (Plate VIII.), 361

Curtain, XVIIth century wool-work (Plate VII.), 361

Cutwork, 213, 221

Darned netting, 210

Darning, 196

Darning, pattern, 197

Design, 30, 51

Design for tapestry, 311

Designing, pattern, 51

Directions, practical, 292

Drawn thread work, 213

Dressing the coat-stave, 333

Egyptian weaving (Plate XIV.), 364

Emblems, 270

Embroidery frame used as a loom, 323

Embroidery, washing, 297

Embroidery with gold and silver threads, 229

Figure work, 69

Fine drawing, 346

Flax threads, 49

Foliage, detail of (Plate VI.), 360

Frames, embroidery, 35

Frame work, 301

Fringes, 280

Garniture of work, the, 271

Gold and silver threads, embroidery with, 229

Gold thread embroidery, 229

Heraldry, 268

Inlaid work, 180

Interlocking stitch, 347

Knife, 43

Knots, 118, 286

Knotted cord, 277

Knotted thread, 119

Laid work, 168

Lettering, 259

Lettering, cutwork, XVIIth century (Plate IX.), 362

Linen, 47

Loom, 315

Madeira work, 222

Marking, 262

Materials, 44

Materials and appliances for tapestry weaving, 315

Materials for gold work, 233

Methods of work, 164

Monograms, 259

Needles, 35, 322

Objects to work, 31, 314

Open-work fillings, 201

_Opus plumarium_, 101

Orphrey, XVth century (Plate V.), 359

Past work, study of, 28, 53

Paste, embroidery, 295

Patch work, 183

Pattern darning, 197

Pattern designing, 51

Pattern tracing, 328

Patterns, transference of, 42, 292

Persian embroidery (Plate XI.), 363

_Petit point_ pictures, 149

Picots, 143

Piercer, 43

Practical directions, 292

Precious stones, 50

Pricker, 42

Puckered work, cure of, 298

Purls, 256

Quilting, 189

Raised gold work, 253

Raised work, 192

Sampler, embroidered (Plate X.), 362

Samplers, 148

Satin, 48

Scissors, 35

Shading, 68, 348

Silk, 48, 327

Silk threads, 49

Silver and gold threads, embroidery with, 229

Spindle, 43

Stands, embroidery frame, 37

Stitches, 75

Stitch, back, 107

Stitch, basket, 131

Stitch, braid, 88

Stitch, bullion, 121

Stitch, buttonhole, 107

Stitch, cable chain, 90

Stitch, chain, 77

Stitch, chequered chain, 84

Stitch, Cretan, 134

Stitch, cross, 152

Stitch, double back s