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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 105

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tions ofthe mythological fables of the country, or scenes fromJapanese eveiyday life; a whole screen will be coveredwith these raised figures engaged in all the varieties of person in reality. The faces are painted and raised, andhave much the same look as those of the best rag dolls;but the hair… … Fig. 502. JAPANESE EMBROIDEEY Japanese labour, and with the surroundings and landscapesworked in Flat Satin Stitch in coloured silks. The raisedfigures are managed by filling out, until quite prominent,all the contours of the figure with waste cotton, and thencovering this over with clothes made of…

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