Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages (1920)
Kellogg, Charlotte · New York, London : Funk & Wagnalls · leaf 340
g. Ball stitch spaces, which produce a more or less strikingeffect of relief in needle laces. This brode(sketch i), is made of a strand of fine or heavierthreads, appliqued as was the original strandoutlining the pattern spaces, and then beautifullycovered by the buttonhole stitch. When the… … //. Gauze mesh stitchto needle lace its richness and brilliancy (balls,rings, etc.), are also varieties of brodes, and aremade for the most part in the buttonhole stitch.The bars forming the base of Venise lace aremade in this way.The execution of the brodes is the final work 286 BOBBINS OF BELGIUM…
Brussells Lace Committee · Lace and lace making -- Belgium
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