The Priscilla needlework book
The Priscilla Needlework Book is a 1908 instruction book on needlework, issued in Boston by the Priscilla Publishing Company for home stitchers. Its pictures show white-work and eyelet embroidery: a round doily with scalloped edges and punched dots, a lace-edged collar with small cluster motifs, a drawstring bag with leaf-wreath embroidery, and a bonnet with cutwork daisies. A designer could take the crisp black-and-white contrast and the lacy, openwork motifs as models for pattern or border work.
