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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 50

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sRenaissance Lace, and is really only Modern Point Lace,worked witli a very Open Braid, and witt only one stitcli asa Filling, instead of several. To work as shown in Fig. 701:Trace out the design upon pink calico, and Tack the Braidto it, placing the Braid that forms the Yandykes over theone… … F18. 701. Eenaissance Braid Wobk, either with a thick strand of lace cotton, passed alternatelybackwards and forwards between the two Braids, or withthe stitch shown in Fig. 702, Detail A, which work thus :Take a line from one Braid to the other, and Coed thisback to the Loop it started from on the…

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