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The handbook of needlework (1854)

Lambert, Miss (F.) · Philadelphia : J.L.Gihon · leaf 267

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CHAPTER XX 33eai> iDork. “With stones embroider’d, of a wondrous mass; About the border, in a curious fret, Emblems, impresas, hieroglyphics set.” Drayton. … weight renders them sometimes objectionable. The paucity of colours in which glass beads can be obtained, limits this description of wrork to arabesque, gem, and scroll pat- terns, or for working flowers in neutral tints : other designs, such as flowers and figures, are sometimes executed, but,…

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