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 194
tch. See Satin Stitch. Gobelin Stitch.—A short upright stitch, also calledTapestry. It was largely used in ancient Tapestry work,from which it derived its modern name, and it is nowemployed only for very fine Embroideries executed withsilks, or work upon canvas. It requires to be made in aframe, as… … Fig. 310. Gobelin Stitch. quite upright. The length of the stitch should be twiceits width. Bring the needle up again close to where itwas first brought out. and put it down again close towhere it was put down, and continue to make even rowsof these stitches, one row above the other, until the…
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