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Godey's lady's book (1840)

Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey · leaf 197

An illustration from Godey's lady's book, 1840, leaf 197
ade, is extremely pretty when seen completed,and is well calculated for a young lady to pre-sent to her friends, or to work a number ofthem in various colors as contributions to cha- ritable bazaars. It is nothing more than plaincrochet worked over a fine cord, and goinground and rourrtl until the… … and gold all look rich and handsome ; but twosilks of well contrasting colors are also in goodtaste. Our engraving shows when the darkand light succeed each other, and we needscarcely say that where the one appears it isworked over the thread of the other, which isresumed in its turn after the…

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