The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described
A Victorian reference encyclopaedia of needlework compiled by Sophia Caulfeild and Blanche Saward, published in London by A.W. Cowan in 1882 for home and professional needleworkers. The wood-engraved plates show lace grounds, crochet meshes, insertions and scalloped edgings in dense black line on white, usable as repeating borders, corner motifs and grid-based fill patterns.
