The dictionary of needlework - an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the (14781568922)

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Title: The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911 Saward, Blanche C
Subjects: Needlework
Publisher: London : A.W. Cowan
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library



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the the gross pieces. The numbers are 13, 17, and 21. Whitecotton Braids, employed for trimming print dresses, run inthe same numbers as the worsted Braids. Gold and silverBraids, employed for uniforms and court and fancy dressesand liveries, &c, form a distinct variety, and are calledlace. Every season produces new varieties, either desig-nated by some fashionable name of the current time, orsome distinct term connected with their make, such asbasket, or mat braid Church Lace, composed of silk, andsometimes with gold and silver thread, is another make ofBraid. The real Cordon Braid is made without any wave,and is edged with picots. Most of the coloured cottonBraids will wash, excepting the pink, but they shrink.The broad are sold cheaper by the dozen yards, or piece of36 yards; the narrow are sold by the knot. The StauBraid (which see) is coloured. To every sewing machine abraiding foot is attached, by which narrow Braid can beput on in a pattern. When wide ones are employed they
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