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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 120

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No. 347. Trimming for a Cambric Dress. Foundation of blue cambric, scalloped at the edges, and finished withButtonhole. In each scallop a small window-shaped piece ofmaterial is cut away, and the edges Buttonholed. A band of bluebraid is secured in Vandykes to these spaces. The embroidery,… … No. 348. Shield for Handkerchief. Foundation material, fine cambric. Shield, of Brussels net, which is laid on the cambric,its edges secured with Overcast and Point de Pois Stitches, and thecambric beneath it cut away. The embroidery upon the cambric is worked withfine French thread, in Raised…

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