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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 32

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the same size. To give anidea of the value of some of these skins, it may beobserved that as much as £100 has been given, inLondon, for one of exceptional beauty; and that theImpei-ial pelisse of the Czar, exhibited in 1851, andmade of the black nocks of the Silver Fox, was valuedat £3500. Frame… … frames of various sizes can be procured. The most use-ful one is m-ido of two pieces of wood, 14 inches longby 4 inches high and 1 inch thick, and two short pieces,4 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 1 inch thick. Thesepieces are spliced together at their corners, so that ahollow space is left inside…

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