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 looking up stitches, materials, and technical terms. The plates are dense black-line engravings of lace grounds, macramé knotting, embroidered borders, darned net, and finished articles such as fringed kerchiefs, giving designers repeatable grid patterns, scalloped and zigzag edgings, and bow-and-flower motifs rendered as fine hatched texture.
