Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 881
ould not be large enough to cut up into these triangles, eachtriangle m its turn can be cut up into sections of different colours, or various shadesof the same colour. 1498. APPLIQUE WORK was at one period much used in dress.Black net frequently formed the foundation. On this black cloth orcashmere… … Pancy Needlework. 829 CHAPTER CI. NETTING, OR KNOTTING. Netting in Ancient Egypt—Durability—Implements—Stitches—Illustration ofmode—Netted Mitten. 1409. THE WORK CALLED knotting by our ancestresses, andby ourselves netting, is of great antiquity. The women of ancientEgypt were well skilled in this…
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