The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 164
Crosses,Diamonds, or other Diaper patterns, and return to back ofmaterial, See Couching, Diaphane.—A woven silk stuff, having transparentcoloured figures, and for some years past out of use, andscarcely to be procured. Dice Holes.—This is a stitch, shown in Fig. 292, used in Honiton andother… … Fig. 293. DIEPPE POINT—Dehtelle a la Viekge. Dieppe Point.—The two centres of the Normandy lacetrade are Dieppe and Havre, and the manufacture in bothtowns is very ancient, dating back to before the introduc-tion into France of Alencon. Normandy laces are amongthose enumerated in the Revolt des…
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