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A braid, or a row of tent stitch, on the right side, over the stitches, is a pretty finish.

Carpets and chair-cushions worked in tent stitch and cross stitch and old-fashioned harpsichord; gaudy white and gold furniture of the Louis Quatorze time, mixed with the spindle-legged tables of the Queen Anne epoch.

In others the design is in fine cross or tent stitch.

Over stitch instead of tent stitch was the order of the day.

They may be taught all sorts fine needlework, viz., working on catgut or flowering muslin, sattin stitch, quince stitch, tent stitch, cross-stitch, open work, tambour, embroidering curtains or chairs, writing and cyphering.