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 459
ing in a Silk Stuff: The tailor make thy doublet of changeable Taffeta, for thy mindis a very opal.—Twelfth Night. Shuttle.—An appliance made of wood, used in theprocess of weaving for shooting the thread of the woof,which is wound upon it, between the threads of the warp.Also see Tatting. Sicilian… … Fio. 728. SICILIAN EMBROIDERY. chiefly in pink, blue, and violet. Womens cuffs andcollars are made largely in these Shirting Cloths. Thereare also Zephyr Shirtings. Shoddy.—Cloth made either of the flue and fluff thrownoff from other woollen stuffs in the process of weaving,mixed with long hair…
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