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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 120

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ed. Vandylce Couching.—A Raised Couching. Form withlines of whipcord laid on the linen foundation in the shapeof Vandykes; lay floss silk over them, and secure it, andoutline the whipcord with securing stitches from the back. Wavy Couching.—This is a Raised Couching, and isillustrated in Fig. 167.… … Fig. 167. Wavy R.viskd Couching. the stitches wherever the raised part formed by the cordunderneath is approached. When the Broad Couchingis finished, lay a thread of gold or silk cord on eachside of the waved line, and catch it down with securingstitches from the back, or work the line on each…

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