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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 98

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irst straight rowof braid with remainder of pattern, makes a very pretty little doily. POINT LACE FAX 97 POINT LACE FAN. [Contributed by Ella Bottorff, Corydon, Indiana.] Materials : Barbours new Irish flax lace thread, No. 250, 2-cord,200-yards spools, 11 yards of plain point lace braid, and 2… … Point Lace Fan narrow braid, as shown, and filled with lace-stitches, are much moreeffective than medallions which are purchased by the yard. Thefilling stitches are varied, and Raleigh bars are used as a ground-work throughout, giving the work an exquisitely dainty while sub-stantial crisp…

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