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 94
it follows thecurves and lines of the face and drapery, and gives theappearance of relief to a flat surface without anygreat change of colouring. This relief was furtherheightened by those parts that were intended for hollowsin drapery or flesh, being depressed by a heated knob,thus throwing into… … Fig. 125. Altar Cloth eeom Steeple Aston, Oxon. admiration it gained from the whole world. The OpusAnglicanum is not confined only to this stitch; theOpus Plumarium, or Feather Stitch, is largely used; alsoCrewel Stitch, Long Stitch, and many varieties of Couching.Of the raised work formed with…
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