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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 38

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animals, griflBns, dragons,birds, except in the compartments devoted to the battle of Bead SKosaic Work.—This work, popular in Englandin 1855, consists in uniting together beads without anyfoundation. The beads used are large, long, transparentones, variously coloured, which are formed by this… … P:c. 3 0 6. BATTLE OP HASTINGS. Hastings, where the bodies of the slain are worked instead.Part of this tapestry is shown in Figs. 30, 30a, 306, and 30c.Beaded or Jetted Stuffs.—These textiles are dividedinto two kinds, those hand-embroidered and those havingthe beads woven into the texture. The…

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