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Yet another practice, and one more strictly in keeping with the onlaying of cord, was to onlay the solid also, applying, that is to say, the surface colour also in the form of pieces of silk cut to shape. Couched cord or filoselle is useful in covering the raw edge of the onlay, not so much masking the joints as making them sightly.
Very subtle use may be made of a double outline or of a corded line upon couched floss. This gives emphasis to the bold forms of the leafage. The mid-rib there is of silver couching; the minor veinings are stitched in silk, and are rather insignificant. The less there is of extra stitching on appliqué the better as a rule. It disturbs the breadth, which is so valuable a characteristic of onlay.
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