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 82
has the appearanceof chain stitch, and it is so worked that it follows thecurves and lines of the face and drapery, and gives theappearance of relief to a flat surface without anygreat change of colouring. This relief was furtherheightened by those parts that were intended for hollowsin drapery or… … fl||i|;r^H K Fig. 125. Altar Cloth from Steeple Aston, Oxox. and with such exactness, that we can understand theadmiration it gained from the whole world. The OpusAnglicanum was not confined only to this stitch; theOpus Plumarium, or feather stitch, was largely used: alsocrewel stitch, longstitch,…
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