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 . Fig. 20. Ave Maria Lace. The ground is a plaited ground, and the border a ClothStitch, with the threads running all the way. The wavedline beyond the plaited ground is made with threads,. ? ~ ? r~ t ? 11-1 1 TTTTTrnnrri Fia. 21. Ave Maria Pattern. (Pricked Pattern for Fig. 20). which are
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 . Fig. 20. Ave Maria Lace. The ground is a plaited ground, and the border a ClothStitch, with the threads running all the way. The wavedline beyond the plaited ground is made with threads,. ? ~ ? r~ t ? 11-1 1 TTTTTrnnrri Fia. 21. Ave Maria Pattern. (Pricked Pattern for Fig. 20). which are cut where not required (Fig. 20). The prickedpattern, as shown in Fig. 21, will indicate the manner ofworking. For stitches, see Valenciennes. B. Baby Lace.—An English Pillow Lace, formerly made inBedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and called EnglishLille, from its patterns being the same as those of Lille(which see). The name Baby Lace was given, as, onaccount of the narrow width of the lace, it was chieflyused for trimming babies caps. Babylonian Embroidery.—The art of embroidery isbelieved to have been first known to the Phrygians, andfrom them imported into Egypt and India. Even beforethe time of Moses, embroidery was known to the Medes andPersians and to the Egyptians, and the work executed atBabylon was celebrated throughout the then known Babylonian work maintained its pre-eminence untilthe end of the first century after Christ, when it gave waybefore that of
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