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their derivation they are also called embroidery designs. Sketches 
201 to 205 are elaborations of this form. Sketch 206 shows the motif 
used as a closed unit. This figure is called star, frequently with the 
added descriptive phrases ‘‘notched,’” ‘‘stepped,”’ or ‘‘gnawed all 
around.’’ Elaborations of this occur in sketches 207 and 208. Two 
figures which do not properly belong to any of these groups, nor to 
ladder and step designs, and which are placed here as a matter of 
convenience, are shown in sketches 209 and 210. They are usually 
called cloud designs, on account of their general shape; sometimes 
also mountain. Sketch 209 has been named necklace, and all are 
considered as embroidery patterns. 
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Crossed lines may be purely geometric or they may have a realistic 
significance, if, as is sometimes the case, they are copies of the Chris- 
tian cross. They are then quite frankly named Christian cross; 
therefore, although constructed on the same principle as geometric 
crosses, they have been placed with the realistic designs. 
The purely geometric crosses have very few interpretations. They 
are always known as stars when simple in construction and small, 
and the arms are usually of equal length. The two plain little 
crosses shown in sketches 211 and 212 are also given the name of 
“flying bird” or “insect,” and rarely they are called “flies.” That 
shown in sketch 214 is given a secondary interpretation of “ fish-line 
reel,” since it resembles the object fairly closely. The elaborated 
forms of sketches 215 to 217 are more often particularly designated 
