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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 52

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d across them, whileToile is used to describe those ornaments that are workedquite thick and without open spaces. Gris, or Grey.—The Fur thus named as having beenso much worn in-the Middle Ages, although mentionedby Chaucer as denoting any description of valuable fur,has likewise been affirmed by… … Fia. 428. GREEK POINT-IMITATION. There are a great many varieties of this description ofdress material, employed for summer or evening wear.The widths vary, running generally from three-quartersof a yard to 1 yard. Grenadine Crepon.—A new description of black dressmaterial, suitable for summer or…

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