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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 128

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No. 50S. Antimacassau. Foundation of plush embroidery, executed upon Toile Colbert, with coloured filoselles. To work: Cut theToile Colbert in strips, work the design in Satin Siitch, and outline each strip with laid lines ofthick filoselles. Work Double Coral Stitch as lines on the plush, and… … No. 509. Work-basket. Foundation of bamboo ; inside lined with old goldcolour, quilted ; satin border of fine indigo-colouredcloth, worked with blue silks with Kailwav andCoral Stitches. Each scallop of the border isedged with a fine yeUow silk cord, sewn on in ovals ;and through these ovals a…

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