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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 83

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russels. Bressed PilloW.—A term used by lace makers toiutimate that all the accessories necessary for the art arein their proper positions. These are : A Pillow (forHoniton lace this is flat, for Brussels round, for Saxonylong), (see Pillow), three covers for the same (see CovekCloths), a hank of… … Fig. 303. DEE3SED PILLOW, with Lace in Pkocess op Makiito. hook, a bobbin bag, a pair of sharp scissors in sheath, anda passement pattern. The bobbin bag is made shorterthan the bobbins, and stitched up in compartments, sothat each division holds twelve pairs of bobbins; it isfinished with a little…

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