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 214
ontrasting line;sew each feather on with a waxed thread separately. To Make a Screen.—These are usually made withPeacocks feathers. Cut out an oval or round shape, and sewon as the first round the largest eyed Peacocks feathers;for the second round, the smaller size; for the thirdround, the dark… … Fib. 398. Scieen in Feather Woru, To work Fig. 398.—Cut out the shape on buckram, andsew round it, so that the edge is thoroughly concealed,the fine filaments of peacocks feathers, make the nextround with parrots or pheasants feathers, then fill in thecentre with white poultry feathers, and over…
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