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 97
considerably enlarged. Fill the small space with black silk lines, which catchdown by three lines, two of gold tambour, and one ofsilk. Make the border to the detail of two lines of thicksilk cord of harmonising colours, and catch both downwith the same stitch. The single cord that surrounds… … hand upon, as it combinesseveral of the stitches thatmust be known. The powdering, from anancient chasuble, given inFig. 131, is another suitableworking detail, and shouldbe carried out as follows:Lay gold tambour in wavedlines, as at A A A A, andcatch these down with evenrows of purse silk. Lay…
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