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Examples of household taste (1875)

Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 197

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r of Louis XIV, established the lace-workers whom he broughtover from Venice. It is the most exquisite and elaborate of all fabrics, beingmade entirely with the needle. A writer in one of the South Kensington ArtHand-books, to whom we are indebted for much of our information on thissubject,… … Majolica Fiovjcr-Be.ircrs: Duiiell & Son, London. upon the parchment, which is next stitched to a piece of coarse linen foldeddouble. The outline of the pattern is traced out by two threads*fixed by smallstitches, passed with another thread and needle through the parchment and itslinen lining.…

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts

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