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 38
d durable than that imported ready for use,excepting those dyed black, which are cleaner in working.The English-grown embroidery lambswool, though harsher,is in some respects superior, the scarlet dye quite equalling,if not surpassing, the German; as also several shades ofall the other colours and… … Fig. 36. BELL PAiTERN DAMASCENE LACE. Bengal Stripes.—A kind of cotton cloth or gingham,woven with coloured stripes. It was so called after thecottons formerly imported from Bengal, the name referringonly to the pattern, but is also to be had in a mixture oflinen and cotton. It resembles the French…
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