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The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described (1882)

Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : A.W. Cowan · leaf 119

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ouchings for backgrounds,the Flat for the centres of the various devices used asPowderings (see Church Embroidery) and for thecentres of altar frontals and embroidered vestments. Basket Stitch.—(Fig. 158). This is a Raised Couching.To work: Lay down perpendicular lines of whipcord uponthe… … Fig. 158. Basket Raised Couching. returned to it. Place these securing stitches betweenevery second strand of the cord. Form the next line withfour threads laid over the whipcord and stitched down;but, in order to prevent the lines of stitches all comingdirectly beneath each other, the first line…

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