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 98
aught downwith red or green silk. Work the border upon a band ofsilk of a darker shade of colour to that used for thelarge surface; work the wheels or stars upon it in goldthread or yellow purse silk, caught down with black;work the leaves in shades of blue in Long Stitch, withstems and tendrils of… … illlfliiiliiilliililililillJiiiB Fia. 13i. CnnRCB Embroidebt.—Boedeb fob Sopeb Fbokiaii. blends imperceptibly into the other; but, although har-monising, every one must be distinct from the shadeabove and below it. Fig. 134 is another border for analtar frontal or super altar. This is worked upon…
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