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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 109

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tch. See Satin Stitch. Gobelin Stitch.—A short upright stitch, also calledTapestry. It was largely used in ancient Tapestry work,from which it derived its modern name, and it is nowemployed only for very fine Embroideries executed withsilks, or work upon canvas. It requires to be made in aframe, as… … Fig. 340. Gobelin Stitch. quite upright. The length of the stitch should be twiceits width. Bring the needle up again close to where itwas first brought out, and put it down again close towhere it was put down, and continue to make even rowsof these stitches, one row above the other, until the…

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