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 63
—Point de Eepuise. To work several squares together: Pass the needleover and under each thread of a mesh until the last ijreached, then return with a similar line back, onlyreversing the over and under so that the threads interlace. To work laige netted meshes quite thick: Make afoundation of four… … Fig. 457. Guipure dAkt—Point de Reprise, Point de Toile.—Also known as Point de Rcpasse,and one of the stitches most used in Guipure, as either itor Point de Reprise are worked to form the thick parts ofmost designs. It is a simple darn, worked with greatcare and exactitude in and out the meshes,…
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