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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 (1882)

Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : A.W. Cowan · leaf 106

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nament, the four outside circles, and the twolines at the outside of the square; the second shade toform the conventional sprays that fill in the four circles; THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 375 and the lightest shade for the vest of the design. Theposition of these colours is shown in the… … Fig. 643. OUTLINE EMBROIDERY. Ouvroir Musselman.—See Arabian Embroidery. Ovals.—See Guipure dArt. Over-casting.—A method of plain sewing of as slighta character as Tacking. It is employed for the purposeof preventing the ravelling-out of raw edges of material,which have been either Stitched or Run…

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