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 151
fuge hereinthe time of Queen Elizabeth. Damask is now made ofsilk, intermingled with flax, wool, or cotton, the warp beingof the first named. These mixed Damasks are chieflyemployed for furniture. Some of the patterns requireupwards of 1200 changes of the draw-looms for their com-pletion. There is… … Fig. 266. DAMASCENE LACE. nected together with a centre line upon the right handside of the pattern, thus: Always Cord back the Bars tothe centre, there make firm with a Buttonhole and a fewturns of the thread to form a spot, and take the threadstraight down the centre for a little distance…
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