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Woman's handiwork in modern homes (1881)

Harrison, Burton, Mrs., 1843-1920 · [New York] : Scribner's Sons · leaf 42

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, Brave bred stitch, fisher stitch, Irish stitch and queen stitch, The Spanish stitch, rosemary stitch, herring-bone and maw stitch, The smarting whip stitch, back stitch, and cross stitch." — The Needle. THE technical name, Opus pulvinariwn, bestowed by ecclesiastics, in the thirteenth century,… … Tent Stitch. estry in tent stitch, with crew- els, on a ground of sage or of Pompeian red velvet, for portieres. Cross stitch, (a continuation of tent stitch, where the thread is brought up again to the surface and crossed over

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