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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 53

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shorter.The surface is smooth, all the short filaments beingremoved in the peculiar mode of dressing applied to it,called gassing, which obviates any necessity for glazing,the cloth being passed rapidly through, and singed in a jetof gas. It is naturally more expensive than ordinarycalico, owing to… … Fig. 587. LOUIS QUINZE LACE. first one. Finish the work by ravelling out the edges ofthe canvas, to the depth of 1 inch, to form a fringe, and,where fringe and solid material meet, place a line of wideapart Buttonholes, to prevent more of the canvascoming unravelled than is required. Llama…

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