Artistic embroidery; containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework (1880)
Church, Ella Rodman (MacIlvaine), Mrs., 1831- [from old catalog] · New York, Adams & Bishop · leaf 132
t of Guipure cPArt, and turn our attention to one or two other kinds of Linen Lace- Work. POINT COUPE, Or Cut-work, improperly called Greek lace, is made on a foundation of linen, of which some of the threads are cut away and the others worked over, making regular square spaces. A clearly defined… … Fig:. 140. — Corner Borders. Fig. 139. This kind of work is very durable, and has all the respectability of age. Old specimens of it are frequently seen, and the seventeenth century painters were very partial to it, using it for the turned-up cuffs of the vandyke dress, and to edge the falling…
Embroidery
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