The lady's manual of fancy work : a complete instructor in every variety of ornamental needle-work : including applique... (1859)
Pullan, Mrs. (Matilda Marian) · New York : Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 145
on of thiswork. A wire frame, somethinglike the petals of a large lily inform, but all connected by a wireround the top, looks exquisite inrich blue and canary color. Theupright wires, of which thereare twelve, are alternately swelling out and bent in, to givethe form of the flower. The chenille is… … WIRE CANY AS-WORK—PRINTERS MARKS. 129 line is done in a different color, with one of the inner wiresalready partly used, a new outer and new inner one. So allthe six divisions are filled. The top wire and those of thestand are then wound with chenille, both colors together,and lying side by side.…
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