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 57
are now commenced. In ancient designsonly one stitch. Point do Toile or the plain darning stitch,was used for the Guipure, not raised from the surface,and this description of lace is illustrated in Fig. 431, p. 233,where the darned meshes form a conventional rose and leafpattern connected together… … IlG. 432. GnimKE dAut—Guirnr.E en Eelief. with Point dEsprit, the thick parts of the pattern inPoint de Toile, and the relief parts in Piiint de Kei^rise.The varieties of stitches that are now used in GuipuredArt are of modern origin : they arc, however, chieflycopied from old Needle Point laces,…
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