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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 107

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d the work for sometime was known as Opus Saracenium, or Saracenic, andthe maker called Saracens. Up to the sixteenth centuryTapestry was worked either by the hand upon close cord-like canvas, and was really embroidery with colouredworsteds, silks, and gold thread, or was made in a loomin a manner… … Fig. 753. TATESTEY. cut in any length, or to be had very long on reels, it isused in law offices, and known as Red Tape; Pro Patria,a fine linen of similar make to Dutch, and of the samenumbers. Bobbin Tape is made in cotton and linen,either round or flat, the sizes running in uneven numbersfrom 5…

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