Sewing materials:Development of textiles. Cottons, linens, wools, silks, laces. (1923)
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences (Scranton, Pa.) · Scranton Pa., Womans's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences · leaf 114
wisted flax, and its ground is sometimes sprinkled with dots. 56. Limerick lace, Fig. 21, is not a real lace but consists of delicate patterns embroidered on net or muslin with either a chain- stitch or a darning- stitch. Real Limerick lace is beautiful as a dress trimming, but as a rule it is… … Machine-Made Mechlin Hand-Made Mechlin Fig. 24 al of knotted point lace and is woven usually in geometrical designs down from the selvage, many ends being woven together and then tied to form the pattern. Macrame cord, which is made out of close- twisted cotton thread, is manufactured for this…
Textile fabrics
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