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A highly stylized black and white butterfly motif from Embroidery by Grace Christie

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Floral inspired stencil designs by The New York Embroidery House. They include stylized depections of Poinsetta, pond-lily and trumpet Vine.

Taken from Embroidery Hints Fall and Winter 1910

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An illustration of a young child sleeping uncomfortably in bed, surrounded by floating jack o lanterns. Taken from Early Candlelight Stories, 1922

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Black and white illistration of the nervous system of a Drone Bee

Taken from Manual of the Apiary by Albert John Cook, 1879

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Varying gyroscopic patterns from Mechanics Of The Gyoscope: The Dynamics Of Rotation, 1962

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Nature inspired patterns from An Embroidery Pattern Book by Mary E. Waring 1917

 [A page of stylised black and white small mammals to be used as a reference while embroidering.]

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Nature inspired patterns from An Embroidery Pattern Book by Mary E. Waring 1917 [A page of highly stylised black and white insects and shells to be used as a reference while embroidering.]

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After Persian Motives by A. G. Marshall

Printed in Keramic Studio Magazine 1899