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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 63

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re piece of textile of anjdescription, measuring from one selvedge to the other.Thus a skirt or an under garment said to contain somany Breadths, means lengths of material mnning thewidth way that it was manufactured in the loom. Bretelles,—A French term to signify an ornamentalshoulder-strap.… … Fig. 77. Breton Lace. of design in Satin Stitch or Run, and fill in thethicker parts with Stem Stitch and Point Feston.To edge this Lace, lay a cord along it and OvEr.- THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 45 CAST it; ornament the cord with Picots, or finisliit with the edging sold for Modern Point…

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