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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 41

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ead byb^ad to the foundation canvas, though they are far strongerwhen so treated; but six or eight beads are strung upon a THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 25 thread, which is laid along a line of the canvas and caughtdown at regular distances by a thread coming from theback of the material and… … Fio. 33. Bead Trimming for Dresses, &c. as a trimming, as shown in Fig. 33, is made of fine roundblack beads, selected all of the same size. The onlyfoundation required is a narrow strip of braid upon eachside. Thread five beads together, and pass a needlethrough the centre bead of the stitch…

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