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Encyclopedia of needlework (1890)

Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890 · [Mulhouse (Alsace) : Printed by Brustlein & Co.] · leaf 533

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Smyrna carpets. Malta stitch (figs. 85o, 851, 852, 853, 854). — This 526 MISCELLANEOUS FANCY WORK stitch is much used by the Maltese; it is the same as the « pointtricot » excepting that in the latter, the loops formed by thereturn of the thread are open and the stitches packed veryclosely… … Fig. 854. Malta embroidery. Materials : Coton a repriser D.M.C No. 25 (*). Colours : Jaune-vieil-Or 680, Vert-Mousse 469, Bleu-Indigo 311 and Rouge-Cornouille 449 (*). the stuff, from right to left, fig. 85o, leaving an end, i or2 c/m. long, lying on the surface of the work; put the needlein again…

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