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Florence home needle-work (1895)

Nonotuck Silk Company · leaf 11

An illustration from Florence home needle-work, 1895, leaf 11
Fig. 4. — Sections of Honiton Braid. Detail of Fig. 8. the painstaking worker. It should be remembered that thelinen foundation is of a fine and light texture, the braidhaving similarcharacteristics;hence the silkused for the but-ton-hole work willbe far more effec- … Fig. 5. —Section of Honiton Braid. tive if not too coarse. For most designs the best possible results will beobtained by usingCorticelli LaceEmbroidery Silk,size No. 500 (Fig.A), for all the but-ton-hole stitchesand the coarser outlines. The leaves and small flowers,which are often intermingled…

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