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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 73

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m a succession of Crosses,Diamonds, or other Diaper patterns, and return to backof material. Diaphane.—A woven silk stufB, having transparentcoloured figures, and for some years past out of use, andscarcely to be procured. Dice Holes.—This is a stitch, shown in Fig. 292, usedin Honiton and other… … Fig. 293. DIEPPE POINT—Dentelle a la Vierge. Dieppe Point.—The two centres of the Normandy lacetrade are Dieppe and Havre, and the manufacture in bothtowns is very ancient, dating back to before the introduc-tion into France of Alen9on. Normandy laces are amongthose enumerated in the Revolt des…

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