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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 101

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t thegold-plaited laces have quite disappeared, and the onlyPillow Lace now made in Sweden consists of a coarseTorchon Lace resembling the Torchon makes of lace inBedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Germany, made bypeasants in the neighbourhood of the convent of Wad-stena, and being of no value is… … Fig. 746. Swedish Work. a small frame, shaped like a comb, and with two sets ofthreads to form the woof, while the warp is made by athread wound upon a very thin shuttle, passed backwardsand forwards, and in and out of the stationary threads.To work as shown in Fig. 746: Choose two colours of silk…

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