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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 75

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hes, and the third theCordonnet. The habit of whitening the Brussels Lacesprigs, after they are made, with a preparation of whitelead, is most injurious, causing the lace to turn black when being called Buckinghamshire Trolly, from the outlineof the pattern being accented with a thick thread,known… … Fig. 100. BUCKINGHAM TEOLLY. put away near flannel or woollen materials, and producinga disease among the striqueuses. Buckinghamshire Lace.—This is of the same dateas Bedfordshire Lace, and shared with it the nameof English Lille during the seventeenth and eighteenthcenturies. The lace produced in…

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