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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 31

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ch the same size. To give anidea of the value of some of these skins, it may beobserved that as much as £100 has been given, inLondon, for one of exceptional beauty; and that theImperial pelisse of the Czar, exhibited in 1851, andmade of the black necks of the Silver Fox, was valuedat £3500. Frame… … Fig 408. Knitting Frame. frames of various sizes can be procured. The most use-ful one is nvidc of two pieces of wood, 14 inches longby 4 inches high and 1 inch thick, and two short pieces,4 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 1 inch thick. Thesepieces are spliced together at their corners, so that…

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