. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. BERLIN 141 When Berlin work is used to decorate coverings for furniture, the pat-tern should be formed of rope silk or fiio floss, and the grounding stitchesdone with Berlin wool. Patterns for this purpose should be conventional,and the colors used dull, dead shades for the design and black or brown. FIG. 144. wool for the grounding. Figures 144 and 145 show a chair upholstered withthis work, and the detail of pattern with the proper colorings. As will beseen, very little grounding will be necessary. The design is worked in crossstitch, and the grounding i
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. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. BERLIN 141 When Berlin work is used to decorate coverings for furniture, the pat-tern should be formed of rope silk or fiio floss, and the grounding stitchesdone with Berlin wool. Patterns for this purpose should be conventional, and the colors used dull, dead shades for the design and black or brown. FIG. 144. wool for the grounding. Figures 144 and 145 show a chair upholstered withthis work, and the detail of pattern with the proper colorings. As will beseen, very little grounding will be necessary. The design is worked in crossstitch, and the grounding is done with Irish stitch. If it is desired to work 142 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT the design upon a fabric instead of canvas, Devonshire art cloth will be atonce suitable and artistic. After the work of embroidery is finished, it willbe v/ell to have a regular upholsterer put it on the article to be covered.The cost for this part of the work will be but a trifle, and the result will besure to justify the extra expense. For recovering odd pieces of dilapidatedfurniture no work is at once so durable and inexpensive, providing the em- i^«f