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 20
ecame of muchmore elaborate design; they were largely employed totrim ruffs and falling collars in the seventeenth century,and only went out of fashion when flowing wigs came in,which hid the collar, and would not allow of a ruff beingwoi-n. At the present date the Plaited Laces have revivedunder… … 659. Plaited Risbon Woi^k. Flaited Kibbon Work.—A pretty work, of modernorigin, made by plaiting ribbons together to form geo-metrical and open designs. It is used for sofa cushio&s, mantel borders, handkerchief cases, and for any purposethat will admit of its being lined, as part of the…
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