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 81
ils are of shaded greens, terminating in brightyellow. The design is part of a tobacco pouch, the wholeof which is hand made, the scarlet cloth being sewn to adark foundation, and the stitches concealed by a row ofwhite quills couched down. At the present time Canadianembroidery is no longer worked… … Fig. 107, Canadian Embeoidert.to the real native patterns. The work made by the nunscan be recognised by the elaborate French Knots that formthe chief part of the devices, by these devices being badimitations of natural flowers, and not so conventional asthe old ones, and also by the quills being…
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