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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 30

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nd is much employed in church work. Any-thing that can be threaded through a needle will embroiderin Au Passe. In Fig. 18 is given an illustration of embroi-dery upon silk, in which Au Passe foi-ms the chief stitch,surrounded in some places by a border of Stem or CrewelStitch ; in others it forms… … —111 »llll:ililia!!ll|l|i|i!||f[j||iiiii^ Fig. 19. AU PASSE. represents a group of flowers embroidered in AuPasse, with coloured silks upon satin; it should be workedin a frame, and the satin backed with muslin. To work:The materials required are—a silk or satin foundation, andembroidery silks;…

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