Art needlework

Brainerd & Armstrong co., Philadelphia. [from old catalog] · 1893 · [Philadelphia, The Brainered & Armstrong co.] · 18 pictures

Art needlework is a Philadelphia trade catalogue of needlework instructions, published by Brainerd & Armstrong around 1893 for home embroiderers, knitters and crocheters. Its pictures are black-and-white plates of cord lacework, woven leaf motifs, darning stitches and crocheted medallions, showing a designer clear, dense repeating grids and rope-like linework.

Knitting · Crocheting · Embroidery

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