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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 80

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t are too smallto lay the mother-of-pearl over with gold thread, andCouch this to the velvet. Napgore Silks.—These are all soft, slight, and un-dressed, and are to be had in every variety of essentiallyIndian colours. The pieces vary but little from 7yards in quantity, and run about 37 inches in… … MODERN ITALIAN LACES (PILLOW), CHIEFLY MADE ON THE CAMPAGNA. THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK, 353 Nainsook.—A description of Muslin made both plainand striped, the stripe running the way of the warp.It is a kind of Jacconet, or Bengal Muslin. See Muslin. Nankeen.—A Chinese cotton cloth, of a natural…

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