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 . design onthe surface, having a quilted or wadded appearance. Thisis indicated by the adaptation of the past participle of theverb Matelasser, to quilt or wad. Matelasse silk is employedfor dresses and mantles, very fine descriptions having beenrecently produced. Those of wool are employed
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 . design onthe surface, having a quilted or wadded appearance. Thisis indicated by the adaptation of the past participle of theverb Matelasser, to quilt or wad. Matelasse silk is employedfor dresses and mantles, very fine descriptions having beenrecently produced. Those of wool are employed for acheaper class of mantles and jackets, but not for of silk are made in white and in colours, and arcmuch used for opera cloaks, as well as real hand-quiltedsilk and satin. THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. 343 Mechlin Embroidery.—A term applied to MechlinLace, as the thread that was inserted round the outlinesof that lace gave it somewhat the look of Embroidery. Mechlin Grounds.—These are of two kinds, the Cir-cular and the Hexagonal, but both are known as the VraiRoseau by laceworkers, and used in Brussels and otherlaces as well as in Mechlin. The manner of making thesegrounds is shown in Figs. 608 and 607, in which they arepurposely enlarged, to render them more easily Fig. 603. Mechlin Ground—Circular Mesh. To work the Circular Mesh shown in Fig. 606 : Foreach twist two Bobbins are required, so commence by
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