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 71
Forthe fruit. Couch down in Basket Stitch or with plainlaid threads, the gold thread to fill in their centres, andsecure pm-se silk round them as an outKne. For the leavesand stems, work in Embroidery silks of various shades inCrewel Stitch, and edge them with a gold cord. Piecesof silk velvet can… … Fig. 609. MECHLIN LACE —MODERN. as the first one. The loop or Pioot is left out in somepatterns. Mediaeval Embroidery.—This is a modem Embroideryworked in the same stitches as are used in Chm-ch Em-broidery, and with Floss and Purse silks and Gold thread,but with less elaborate patterns and upon…
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