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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 31

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ieces of parchmentPrick the outline of each separate piece of lace, withtwo pinholes close together, and make the same numberof pinholes upon the inside of the lace as upon theoutside. With coarse Mecklenburgh thread, No. 12,outline this pricked pattern with a FlL de Teace, thus:Begin from the back… … Fig. 673. VENETIAN LACE WITH BAE OE BEIDE GROUND, the art of making them has lately revived, and repro-ductions of old designs and stitches are now worked byladies for their own adornment, although the peculiarlyfine lace thread used in making old Points cannot anylonger be procured. The manner of…

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