The ladies' guide to needle work, embroidery, etc. : being a complete guide to all kinds of ladies' fancy work (1877)
Frost, S. Annie (Sarah Annie) · New York : H.T. Williams · leaf 56
e spaces with any of the stitcheswhich will be described later in this chapter. Point Honiton is made something in this way, having no net but meeting at-every point of the sprigs and scrolls, and joined by threads wrought in any of thelace stitches. Gitipiwe Laceis generally understood to mean… … cured at any fancy emporium. Large flowing scrolls and flowers of a peculiarform are the characteristics of guipure, while the fillings are very varied andsometimes a coarse geometrical grounding is introduced. The great art in imitating this lace is to copy carefully the old, quaint forms ofthe…
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