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 71
ils are of shaded greens, terminating in brightyellow. The design is part of a tobacco pouch, the wholeof which is hand made, the scarlet cloth being sewn to adark foundation, and the stitches concealed by a row ofwhite quills couched down. At the present time Canadianembroidery is no longer worked… … Fig. 107. Canadian Embroidery.to the real native patterns. The work made by the nunscan be recognised by the elaborate French Knots that formthe chief part of the devices, by these devices being badimitations of natural flowers, and not so conventional asthe old ones, and also by the quills being…
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