Although these two different sorts of work are really equally entitled to the designation of

embroidery

, yet for the sake of making our hints as intelligible as possible, we will adopt the popular terms, and confine our present remarks to that sort of embroidery which is not executed by the stitch.

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1860. Materials

Every sort of embroidery material may be used for embroidering upon. The most common are muslin, cambric, velvet, satin, cloth, and leather.

1861. Application

The simplest style of embroidery is that termed