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A lace guide for makers and collectors; with bibliography and five-language nomenculture, profusely illus. with halftone plates and key designs (1920)

Whiting, Gertrude · New York, Dutton · leaf 79

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RULES FOB MAKING 75 =□ LINE A, COL. 5, Star Mesh, Double Ground, Point de Paris, Point de Six, Eternelle, Point Double, Trenne, Chantilly, Fond Chant, Engelsche Grond, Dentelle de Grammont. … This pretty and durable stitch is made in the same way as that described under Line C, Column 5, except that each pair is twisted once before every encounter, and a pin is placed beneath each cross to support it. The actual stitch is a linen-stitch.

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