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Church embroidery, ancient and modern (1867)

Dolby, Anastasia, d. 1873 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 196

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BROAD COUCHING. The same stitch as the last, worked diagonally, is veryeffective. No. 7. I ! DIAGONAL, BROAD COUCHING. The stitch shown here will be found very advantageousfor covering a large space of ground with a diapering ofneedlework. Or it may be used only as a border to … H4 Cfmrcf) aEmfctottierp, enclose a plain ground, as for the large Cross of Reredos,on Altar No. 8. It is most perfect when represented bylines of passing, caught down at their intersections by across of crimson or other bright-coloured silk. The dotsin the centres of the squares may be either gold…

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