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A treatise on lace-making, embroidery, and needle-work with Irish flax threads (1892)

Bradford, Mary E, Barbour Brothers Company · [New York] : Barbour Brothers Co. · leaf 87

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with a ring in the centre, fastened with plain twisted (Sor-rento) bars, and the spaces between are filled with spiders. Theedge is 3 inches in width, and the wide braid is used on the straightside. The insertion is 10 inches wide, or nearly so, and correspondswith the edge, the five upper leaves… … Curtains, with Renaissance Lace and Insertion. INFANT S PILLOW. 87 on each side are filled with 9 rings and plain cross-stitch ; insidethe scrolls are two figures composed of five circles, each filled withbars fastened in the centre with a buttonhole stitch. All otherspaces are filled with spiders…

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