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 87
the founda-tion of blue velvet of the same colour as used roundthe centre boss leave visible; the crowns finishing theseends make of gold thread, laid upon the velvet, also thethick line from which they proceed. The leaves work incrimson silk, shading to pink. The round enclosing thecross is of… … Fig. 135. CHURCH EMBROIDERY-CENTRE FOR ALTAR FRONTAL. plique on to deep blue velvet, which lay over the whitesilk foundation. The cross is shown as it would be workedin the embroidery frame. When removed and applied tothe foundation, rays of gold thread or yellow silk shouldsurround its outside…
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