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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 30

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—See Crochet. Point de Tulle. — A name sometimes given toMignonette Lace. Point de Valenciennes.—See Valenciennes Lace. Point de Venise.—See Guipure dArt and VenisePoint. in Fig. 672 is a variety, as the ground and the pattern ofHollie Point are worked together in close ButtonholeStitches; and the… … Fia. 671. ALENCON POINT-RESEAU OB NET GROUND. Point Devise.—This term, which is now only em-ployed to signify perfection in dress or manner, wasoriginally derived from stitches either in Embroidery orLace, that excelled either for their beauty of arrangementor execution. Point is the French name…

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