. 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 . and pricked by womenwhose trade it is. The Bobbins are of pine wood, Brazilwood, and ivory; a great number are needed, a large pieceof lace often requiring eighty to a hundred dozen in useat one time. The Lace is a coarse Pillow Lace, similar to the white lace veil of a large size, redu
. 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 . and pricked by womenwhose trade it is. The Bobbins are of pine wood, Brazilwood, and ivory; a great number are needed, a large pieceof lace often requiring eighty to a hundred dozen in useat one time. The Lace is a coarse Pillow Lace, similar to the white lace veil of a large size, reduced so that the pattern maybe entirely shown. The ground is omitted, as the beautyof the design would not be visible in its present size iffilled in. The flowers and leaves are worked thick inCloth Stitch, and are surrounded with a Fil de Traceor Gimp of a coarser and more shiny thread than they arefilled in with. No open lace stitches are worked, thewhole beauty of the design resting upon its boldness andthe contrast between the fine filmy ground and the thick-ness of the pattern. Percaline.—A fine cotton material, employed inElysee Work. Fercals.—A fine calico cloth, bearing a French name,yet of Indian origin. It was manufactured in England in1670, and in France in 1780. That home-made has a small. Fig. 653. PENICHE LACE. Lace made near Lisbon, but at Peniche both black andwhite Lace are made, and a greater variety of designsworked than near Lisbon. Some of the patterns resembleMaltese designs, and are geometrical, having no grounds ;others are similar to the large flower patterns so wellknown in Spanish Lace patterns, while another kind havehardly any pattern at all, and are made of a variety ofgrounds, with a few thick stitches intermixed with thegrounds and a gimp thread run in and out, and forming avery simple design. In the thick Spanish Lace designs,the grounds are made of various kinds of Honeycomband Star, two or three varieties being introduced into onepattern; t
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