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 157
g a design,both sides being alike; Point de Rosette, or Point dEtoile,isolated stars, worked so that both sides are alike. To imitate Indian work, the lines are curved, eithermaking complete circles or flowing along in rising andfalling waves. It will be understood that a clearly woven back-ground… … Fig. 280. DARNED EMBROIDERY, Combinations of stitches make good backgrounddesigns. Thus, a number of waved and run lines fillingthe space and crossed by horizontal run lines; stitchesdividing the background into a number of small squares,with stars worked in the alternate square; Vandyke lines,made…
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