of the same piece of work as
Illustration 24. Indian. (V. & A. M.)

17. CHAIN-STITCH SAMPLER--A, chain-stitch solid and in line; B, magic
stitch; C, church chain; D, cable chain; E, Vandyke chain; F,
Mountmellic chain; G, Mountmellic cable--all so called.

18. BACK OF CHAIN-STITCH SAMPLER.

19. CHAIN AND SURFACE STITCHES--the latter a kind of buttonholing, only
occasionally worked _in_to the stuff. Part of a lectern cover in white
thread upon a thin, greyish white linen stuff. German, 14th century. (V.
& A. M.)

20. HERRINGBONE SAMPLER--A, B, C, varieties of herring-bone; D, a
combination of A and C; E, fishbone; F, a close variety of A; G,
tapestry stitch, so called.

21. BACK OF HERRINGBONE SAMPLER.

22. BUTTONHOLE SAMPLER--A, B, C, ordinary buttonhole and variations upon
it; D, two rows of buttonhole worked slanting one into the other; E,
crossed buttonhole; F, tailor's buttonhole; G, ladder (called also
Cretan) stitch; H, herringbone buttonhole; J, buttonhole diaper.

23. BACK OF BUTTONHOLE SAMPLER.

24. BUTTONHOLE, CHAIN, AND KNOT STITCHES--chiefly in white floss silk on
dark purple satin, with touches of crimson at the points from which the
stitches radiate. The rings on the outer ground are not worked, but done
in the dyeing of the satin. Part of the same piece of work as 16. Modern
Indian from Surat. (V. & A. M.)

25. FEATHER-STITCH SAMPLER--A to G, ordinary feather-stitch and its
variations; G G, feather chain.

26. BACK OF FEATHER-STITCH SAMPLER.

27. ORIENTAL-STITCH SAMPLER--A to E, Oriental-stitch and its varieties;
F, Oriental-stitch worked into buttonhole; G, not properly a form of
Oriental-stitch, though bearing some resemblance to it.

28. BACK OF ORIENTAL-STITCH SAMPLER.

29. ROPE AND KNOT-STITCH SAMPLER--A, rope-stitch; B, open rope-stitch;
C, what is called German knot-stitch; D, open German knot-stitch; E, Old
English knot-stitch, so called; F, bullion-stitch; G, French knots.

30. BACK OF ROPE AND KNOT-STITCH SAMPLER.

31. A TOUR-DE-FORCE IN KNOTS--Worked entirely in the one stitch; the
drawing lines expressed by voiding. In white and coloured silks upon a
very dark blue ground. Chinese. (Mrs. L. F. D.)

32. INTERLACING-STITCH SAMPLER--A, Interlaced crewel-stitch; B,
interlaced back-stitch; C, back-stitch twice interlaced; D, interlaced
chain-stitch; E, interlaced darning; F, interlaced herringbone; G,
herringbone twice interlaced; H, an interlaced version of C in
Illustration 2