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A darning and a satin stitch may be worked so that the embroidery has almost the same effect on both sides of the material.

In the Italian palaces this was the moment of the finest secular embroideries in satin stitches, gold and silver, and “inlaid” and “onlaid” appliqués.

The calyxes are worked in satin stitch with moss green silk, and the lilies-of-the-valley with white silk.

Some stitches, of course, are adapted to various uses, as crewel, chain, and satin stitches—naturally the most in use.

They are worked as a rule on silk and satin in loose satin stitches, which have suffered much from friction.