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Church embroidery, ancient and modern (1867)

Dolby, Anastasia Marice, Mrs., d. 1873 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 200

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PLAIN COUCHING. An exceedingly graceful effect is likewise produced bythe passing, being couched in wavy lines. A process quite ancient ano 8@otiern, hi as easy as plain couching, the worker having only to laydown the first line, duly undulated, to regulate the positionof any number of rows. No. 2. … WAVY COUCHING. Another mode of diversifying the couching stitches is towork them in diagonal lines. No. 3.

Embroidery · Church vestments

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