material isChina silk, ornamentedat each end with fancyshapes which are madefrom Florence or Cor-ticelli Crochet Silk, andarranged as seen in Fig.17, the silk cloth beingcut away behind thecrocheted figures, pro-ducing a fine lace effectof great beauty. Thedetail of one of thesecrocheted shapes… … FLORENCE HOME NEEDLE-WORK, 18 of its abundance as represented by the openwork or meshes,produces a most charming effect. Again, when several ofthese shapes are joined, as seen in Fig. 17, they all seemto be in motion, as the curving of their solid parts in op-posing directions forms wheels which…
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