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 . shown in Fig. 572: Work the dragons inCross Stitch in deep crimson silk or ingrain cotton fortheir bodies, heads, and claws ; their tails in two shadesof olive green, the lighter being indicated by the squarecrosses in the stitches in the illustration, the darker bythe black stitches. Wor


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 . shown in Fig. 572: Work the dragons inCross Stitch in deep crimson silk or ingrain cotton fortheir bodies, heads, and claws ; their tails in two shadesof olive green, the lighter being indicated by the squarecrosses in the stitches in the illustration, the darker bythe black stitches. Work the ribbons hanging from the L. Lace.—The origin of lacemaking is lost in antiquity,and no certain date can be ascribed to it, because of thepractice of ancient writers of mentioning fringed garments,cauls of network, veils of gold network, embroidery uponfine linen, and woven networks together indifferently asneedlework. We know, however, that the art was un- Bbbwbbbbb opppdpppp ?nnappngr ppbpppbp .enaBiDar: HBSffifflDM bbbbbspo. BHBfflKOQP BBH8BPPBBBBI ,L,: ;a-_iJ^*»Cirjtl •HHcaMonnnMuuafflfflfflffiwiftWLjyBBnDCL pnBDpai«iaBPniBPPPPPPpplppHpEBB BB[:r:prji»ipppppBippppBBPPPPEEBBqnoannnffliiinaannaiBBninBHSRpppppHPBQPpnPBPi BUBEBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBmBBBBBBBBBBBMItliai; pppppgppmppppppppgq. ^ppppppppppppao_nnnanpp»nDnnnnni DDMBaMDiDBDCJDPtJl HI_PB8HBH pppar bppppbppi-nnnrrrnnnaiaMr npralapftp ?ppppppppidnHpniinnnnp


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