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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 13

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d are surrounded with a Fil de Traceor Gimp of a coarser and more shiny thread than they arefilled in with. No open lace stitches are worked, thewhole beauty of the design resting upon its boldness andthe contrast between the fine filmy ground and the thick-ness of the pattern. Percaline.—A fine… … Fig. 653. PENICHE LACE. Lace made near Lisbon, but at Peniche both black andwhite Lace are made, and a greater variety of designsworked than near Lisbon. Some of the patterns resembleMaltese designs, and are geometrical, having no grounds ;others are similar to the large flower patterns so…

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