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 79
sTiratum, and Punto Tirato, and later as Hamburg Point,Indian Work, Broderie de Nancy, Dresden Point, TonderLace, and Drawn Woi-k, and seems at one time to havebeen known and worked all over Europe, being usedlaigely for ecclesiastical purposes and for the ornamenta-tion of shrouds. The ancient… … mn w^m^T^ Vi* ti Fig. 299. DRAWN WOEK. thick, and, where it was open, cut, or drawn away, so thatonly a sufficient number of warp and woof threads were leftto keep the work together, and these were Buttonholedtogether (three to each stitch) so as to form a groundworkof squares like Netting. The…
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