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 886
39. POINT DE REPRISE. dation ; No. 2 thread should be employed for a coarse groundwork. No. 42shows the stitch used to form stars, figures, &c. Point de Bruxelles is a kind of loose button-hole stitch, and is used for formingvarious patterns and for filling up squares. It also forms leaves,… … POINT DE BRUXELLES. number of stitches is decreased each row until the leaf finishes off in a point. Nos.41 and 42 clearly show this stitch. Wheels are easy to work, and are begun in the centre. Four threads are takenacross, as shown in design No. 43*; the thread is twisted in bringing it back to…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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