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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 20

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became of muchmore elaborate design; they were largely employed totrim ruffs and falling collars in the seventeenth century,and only went out of fashion when flowing wigs came in,which hid the collar, and would not allow of a ruff beingworn. At the present date the Plaited Laces have revivedunder… … FiG. 659. Plaited Ribbon Woi.k. Plaited Ribbon Work.—A pretty work, of modernorigin, made by plaiting ribbons together to form geo-metrical and open designs. It is used for sofa cushions, mantel borders, handkerchief cases, and for any purposethat will admit of its being lined, as part of the…

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