Dolby, Anastasia, d. 1873 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 193
d ;and judgment withal, since the sewing required, to securethe glistening thread on the linen, was studiously made asvaluable to the whole in the way of ornament as tttility. We may copy the most elaborate of these stitch patternswith perfect ease ; but it is a question if we could inventone of… … PLAIN COUCHING. An exceedingly graceful effect is likewise produced bythe passings being couched in wavy lines. A process quite Ancient ann ^otJern. 141 as easy as plain couching, the worker having only to laydown the first line, duly undulated, to regulate the positionof any number of rows. No. 2.
Embroidery · Church vestments
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