[Illustration:  156.—­Cravat End in Raised Embroidery.]

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157.—­Lady’s Purse.

Materials:  Russia leather; blue silk; black purse silk; blue silk soutache; fine gold braid; and gold thread.

[Illustration:  157.—­Lady’s Purse.]

This purse is embroidered upon Russia leather; an oval-shaped medallion is cut out in the centre; a piece of blue silk is gummed on under the leather so as to show within the oval; both leather and silk are then lined with calico and stretched upon a small embroidery frame.  The front and back of the purse are made all of one piece, the centre of which is the bottom; after the embroidery is completed a piece of leather is added on each side to give the necessary fullness.  Four flowrets are worked over the blue silk, with black purse silk, in raised satin stitch, with a dot in gold thread for the centre.  The stems are black and the leaflets gold.  The inner border round the oval medallion is worked in gold braid, and the outer one in blue soutache.  The network upon the leather is formed of threads of black purse silk, fastened at every crossing with a stitch of gold thread; the outer border round this network is formed entirely of gold braid.  On the opposite side of the purse initials may be worked in black and gold, over the blue silk oval medallion.

The purse is lined with brown watered silk, and mounted with a clasp of gilt steel.

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158.—­Table-Napkin Ring.

Materials:  Crimson cashmere; toile ciree; 1 reel each of white, black, green, blue, and yellow Chinese silk.

[Illustration:  158.—­Table-Napkin Ring]

Stretch a strip of cashmere of a bright shade of crimson over a piece of toile ciree, and work the pattern over it in point Russe with fine silk.  The outer borders have white and black outlines, and leaflets of green silk.  The stars have black and blue outlines, a yellow cross and dots.  The figure between the stars is black and yellow.

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159 and 160.—­Knife Basket.

Materials:  Grey American cloth; red cloth; black jet beads and bugles; red worsted braid, three-quarters of an inch wide; some strong wire; a cigar-box.

[Illustration:  159.—­Knife Basket.]

This basket is meant for holding dessert knives.  It consists of a common cigar-box nine inches and two-fifths long, five inches and four-fifths wide, and two inches and one-fifth high, covered inside and out with grey American cloth, which is ornamented with embroidery worked in applique.  The seams are made in overcast stitch.  The feet consist of four pieces of strong wire three inches and two-fifths long.  These pieces of wire are first covered with wool, and then with jet beads; they are then bent into loops, and fastened on at the bottom of the