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 61
green cloth with peacock blueshades of wool, or a pale blue cloth with maroon woolsshading to red silk or cinnamon-coloured silks. Kussian Lace.—This lace, although known on theContinent for many years, has never been much importedinto England, and it was not until the InternationalExhibition of… … FiG. 711. RUSSIAN EMBROIDERY. entirely as described above, except that the three stitchesforming the ornament to the battlements are made withSatin Stitches. To work Fig. 711: This is intended for a table border,and is worked upon cloth, with canvas, and with Berlinwools and filoselle. Carefully…
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