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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 16

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was worked with fine black silk overa sepia tinted ground. To work: Stretch in an Em- 200 THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. broidery Frame some good white ov cream-colouredsilk, and pencil upon this the chief outlines of alandscape engraving with prominent objects or figures. silk a short distance… … Fio, 392. ETCHING EMBROIDERY. Take a sable brush, and form the sky by washing insepia for the darker parts, leaving the surface ofthe silk untouched for the white clouds; and thencolour the rest of the picture with washes of sepia, inshades corresponding to those of the engraving. Thread PPPfc MHr…

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