Needlework as a Mode of Artistic Expression; Second Part
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Second installment of Walter Crane's essay on embroidery as an art form, discussing how silk, gold and silver thread suit the rendering of birds, flowers, leaves and animals, and how stitch direction should follow natural growth and structure. He draws on Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Spanish examples in the South Kensington Museum, which are illustrated with halftones and a few stitch diagrams (laid work, spiral laying of gold thread). He closes by arguing that needlework design should develop its own distinctive character rather than imitate other arts or cultures, and adds a correction to the first installment.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1898
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 6
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