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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 81

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ng in a Silk Stuff: The tailor make thy doublet of changeable Taffeta, for thy mind13 a very opal.—Twelfth Night. Shuttle.—Au appliance made of wood, used in theprocess of weaving for shooting the thread of the woof,which is wound upon it, between the threads of the warp.Also see Tatting. Sicilian… … Via. 728. SICILIAN EMBEOIDEET. chiefly in pink, blue, and violet. Womens cuffs andcollars are made largely in these Shirting Cloths. Thereare also Zephye Shietings. Shoddy.—Cloth made either of the flue and fluff thrownoff from other woollen stuffs in the process of weaving,mixed with long hair…

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