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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 57

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, which have remainedunchanged for two centuries. A specimen of the lace canbe seen at South Kensington. DAlencon Bar.—Identical with Alencon Bar, andused as a connecting Bar in Modem Point lace. It isshown in Fig. 257. To work : Pass a thread as a Her-ringbone backwards and forwards across the… … Fig. 257. DAlencon Bar. Damascene Lace.—An imitation of Honiton lace,and made with lace braid and lace sprigs joined togetherwith Corded bars. The difference between Damascene andModern Point lace (which it closely resembles) consistsin the introduction into the former of real Honitonsprigs, and…

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