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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 31

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ieces of parchmentPrick the outline of each separate piece of lace, withtwo pinholes close together, and make the same numberof pinholes upon the inside of the lace as upon theoutside. AVith coarse Mecklenburgh thread. No. 12,outline this pricked pattern with a FiL DE Trace, thus:Begin from the… … Fig. 673. VENETIAN LACE WITH BAE OE BEIDE GEOUND. the ai-t of making them has lately revived, and repro-ductions of old designs and stitches are now worked byladies for their own adornment, although the peculiarlyfine lace thi-ead used in making old Points cannot anylonger be procured. The manner…

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