Art-needlework for decorative embroidery;
Art-needlework for decorative embroidery is an 1879 Boston instruction book on needlework, compiled by Eliza Mary Ann Savage and edited by Lucretia P. Hale for amateur embroiderers. Its plates are line drawings of stylised flowers, leaves and sprays, with one diagram of a leaf outline showing how to work the stitch edge, which a designer could adapt as simple botanical motifs for surface pattern or appliqué.
