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Church embroidery, ancient and modern (1867)

Dolby, Anastasia, d. 1873 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 195

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DIAPER COUCHING. Diamond couching is very pretty, and useful for holdingdown silk as well as passing in the ornamentation of largefleur-de-lis, or other conventional forms. Our sketch isphotographed from a pattern in three-cord silk. It isfor a diamond of four stitches each way. The size ofthe… … DIAMOND COUCHING. ancient ann 90onern. 143 The annexed is a good and expeditious stitch for a goldground, for a large monogram, or other figure. Excellentalso for a coarse twist silk ground, when it should be laidin rows of one colour, and sewn down with purse twist of adarker shade. No. 6.

Embroidery · Church vestments

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