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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 56

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are now commenced. In ancient designsonly one stitch, Point de Toile or the plain darning stitch,was used for the Guipure, not raised from the surface,and this description of lace is illustrated in Fig. 431, p. 233,wheie the darned meshes form a conventional rose and leafpattern connected together… … lio. 432. Guipure dArt—Guirur.E en Relief. with Point dEsprit, the thick parts of the pattern inPoint de Toile, and the relief parts in Point de Reprise.The varieties of stitches that are now used in GuipuredArt are of modern origin : they are, however, chieflycopied from old Needle Point laces,…

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