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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 29

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and is much employed in church work. Any-thing that can be threaded through a needle will embroiderin Au Passe. In Fig. 18 is given an illustration of embroi-dery upon silk, in which Au Passe forms the chief stitch,surrounded in some places by a border of Stem or CeewelStitch ; in others it forms… … irijl JIMJIJ 11 iliJFio. 19. AU PASSE. represents a group of flowers embroidered in AuPasse, with coloured silks upon satin; it should be workedin a frame, and the satin backed with muslin. To work:The materials required are—a silk or satin foundation, andembroidery silks; colours—shades of olive…

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