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 62
ts, andfor centuries has maintained without rivalry the highestposition in lace making. Her needle points are known aspoint daiguille, point dAngleterre, and point gaze, andher pillows as point plat. The manufacture of both thesekinds of lace is carried on to the present time. Themaking of Brussels… … Fig. 97. BRUSSELS IMITATION LACE. and the dots that finish are formed by buttonholing roundone honeycomb for the larger ones, and by thickly over-casting for the smaller ones. All the remaining braids arethen overcast, the stitches being taken in their outer edges.The interior of the scallops are…
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