Stitch patterns & design for embroidery
A 1929 embroidery instruction book by Anne Brandon-Jones, published by the Manual Arts Press in Peoria, Illinois, for needleworkers and teachers learning stitch patterns. Its pictures are close, flat plates of embroidered motifs: diamond-framed sprigs, looped flower chains, rows of cross-shaped florets and square medallions built from leaves and blossoms, rendered in tonal greens and greys. A designer could draw on them for repeat borders, all-over textile grids and folk-style floral medallions.
