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 76
oints, and the chenille threaded in short lengths,as every passing backwards and forwards deteriorates itspile. If the work is done upon canvas it should bestretched in a frame, and only the design worked inchenille, the grounding being done in cross or tent stitchwith filoselle or wool. The stitch… … Fig. 118. CHENILLE EMBRO IDEKY—Detail A. of one shade worked before another is commenced. Fig. 118(Detail A) is of fine chenille worked upon thin silk. The silkis framed after the outline of the design has been traced,and the needles, filled with chenille, are brought up fromthe back of the frame,…
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