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 74
es, and the third theCordonnet. The habit of whitening the Brussels Lacesprigs, after they are made, with a preparation of whitelead, is most injurious, causing the lace to tui-n black when being called Buckinghamshire Ti-oUy, from the outlineof the pattern being accented with a thick thread,known… … Fig. 100. BUCKINGHAM TEOLLY. put away near flannel or woollen materials, and producinga disease among the striqueuses. BucMnghamsliire Lace.—This is of the same dateas Bedfordshire Lace, and shared with it the nameof Enghsh Lille during the seventeenth and eighteenthcenturies. The lace produced in…
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