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Design for Ottoman or Cushion

Q-ER005 Peterson’s Magazine – Design for Ottoman or Cushion – December, 1871
Supplement of Peterson’s Magazine. Repeating pattern in red, green, blue with black and yellow outlines on a terracotta background. Yellow curls as additional decoration.
Scanned 1200dpi png, original 11302x10275px. Original color print.
Scan donated by Elizabeth R, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.

Larger repeating designs in primary colors are often used as chair seat and back covers, and indeed cushions or ottomans or other pieces of furniture. They can be executed in cross-stitch but also in wool embroidery or tapisserie. Because of the large repeat, these designs are rarely found on embroidery samplers, as one repeat could cover such an area and take so much time that it would not fit the scale of a sampler. Imagine embroidering this on a rectangle of 50×30 – just not possible. There are embroidery patterns showing small examples of repeating patterns and unfortunately it happens there as well that the sample given of the pattern is not a full repeat, leaving the embroideress or the person recharting the pattern to exercise their fantasy. Another reason for recharting, even if the repeat is complete (as this one is), is that there can be printing errors. As the colors are printed in stages, a small shift of the paper between printing stages means that there’s overlap or missing colors. That’s also present in this pattern. Starting with the central motif and carefully working outward will correct those misprints, resulting in a nice clear pattern to follow. 

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