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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 87

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ether Reseau or Bride. It is identical with Fond andTrieUe. See Fond. Chautilly Blonde Lace,—No other country can sur-pass Francein its black and white silk Blonde Laces. Theywere first made at Chantilly, about the year 1740, and,though produced at Caen and Bayeus, the mother townwas considered to… … Fio. 110. CHAIN STITCH EMBEOIDEET. dresses. It is twilled and printed in coloured flowers on awhite groimd, which has the efPect of velvet painting.The material was introduced into this country about theyear 1832. It is made on a similar principle to theNorwich crape, but is thinner and softer, and…

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