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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 29

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decorate, on the gathered side, and may becut either on the straight or the bias way of the stuff.In the fourteenth century it was called a Frounce, andin the reigns of William and Mary a puckered flounceor plaited border of a dress used to be called a Furbelow.This term was a corruption of… … Tig. 406. Flots, 212 THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. in qualities varying from Nos. 4 to 20, but the most usefulsizes are 4, 5, and 6. One golden brown variety, knownas Luxembourg Thread, is employed in Netted Guipure;others, in different colours, are very effective in em-broidery, imparting almost…

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