31. A TOUR DE FORCE IN KNOTS.
The Japanese embroiderer, instead of knotting his own thread, employed very often a crinkled braid. This is shown in the cloud work in Illustration [85]. The only true knotting there is in the top-knot of the bird.
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32. INTERLACING-STITCH SAMPLER.
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33. INTERLACING-STITCH SAMPLER (BACK).