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The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework. Dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described. Illustrated with upwards of 800 wood engravings, and coloured plates. Plain sewing, textiles, dressmaking, appliances, and terms (1885)

Caulfeild, Sophia Frances Ann, 1824-1911 · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 28

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m Arrasene embroidery, and it is capableof good art work, as it gives scope for individual taste.Arrasene is not suitable for a background; tbese are madeeither of solid material or in Tent Stitch. To work Iig. 17:A group of forget-mo-nots, worked upon a deep russet red Arrasene. After the… … iiiiiiM^^ Fia. 18. AU PASSE STITCH ON SILE. ground of cloth. Work the forget-me-nots with two shadesof pale blue silk Arrasene, and fill in their centres withmaize Airasene; work the loaves and stalks with threeshades of subdued gieens in wool Arrasene, and the orna-mental border sunounding the…

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