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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 71

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Forthe fruit, Couch down in Basket Stitch or with plainlaid threads, the gold thread to fill in their centres, andsecure purse silk round them as an outline. For the leavesand stems, work in Embroidery silks of various shades inCrewel Stitch, and edge them with a gold cord. Piecesof silk velvet can… … Fig. 609. MECHLIN LACE—MODERN. as the first one. The loop or Picot is left out in somepatterns. Mediaeval Embroidery.—This is a modern Embroideryworked in the same stitches as are used in Church Em-broidery, and with Floss and Purse silks and Gold thread,but with less elaborate patterns and upon…

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