DESIGN
FOR
LA M P- MAT .
BY MRS . JANE WEAVER.
We give, here, a design for a lamp-mat in three different arrangements. Our first engraving represents the mat in reduced size, the foundation of which consists of plaited woolen braid, a quarter of an inch broad, in one color of two contrasting shades. For this, fasten one of the braids in lines close together upon a round of covered pasteboard, nine inches in diameter; and for plaiting in the second braid, make use of a thin but not too narrow bar of whalebone, with a little indentation at the ends to receive the braid. According to this engraving, the pattern runs in regular lines, meeting in the middle of the round ; and each end of the braid is firmly fastened at the edge when the work is finished. The separate cross-stitches
are worked in two contrasting colors of silk cordon. The outer edge consists of loops of the lightest shade, which are carried round without cutting the braid. Long, black enamel beads, with a rather large gold or steel bead at their points, are afterward placed between the loops. Our second cut represents a portion of another arrangement in the proper size. The foundation is in Berlin work in squares, each consisting of slanting stitches over a square of six canvas crosses (see design. ) The colors, according to our model, are two shades of violet, alternately. The squares are inclosed in long stitches of maize silk cordon . The corners are ornamented with a little knot, the middle with a little cross79
