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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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made with the Reseauor Net Patterned Ground, as shown in Fig. 671 ofAlencon Point, and including Alencon, Argentan, OldBrussels, and Burano, and of which Hollie Point, shown Point de France, and is shown in Fig. 673 of VenetianLace. These laces, though differing so essentially as todesign have in… … Fig. 672. Hollie Toint. the finest make according to the lace, that the Fillings orcentres which these lines surround are made with Button-holes, formed into devices by working some parts closeand others open, and that their grounds if Reseau aremade with loose Buttonholes formed into hexagons,…

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