The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... stitches and with different colours on the warp alone . Chairs and fauteuils of the most elegant form , made of ebony and other rare woods , inlaid with ivory , were in common use amongst the ancient Egyptians . These were covered , as ...
... stitches and with different colours on the warp alone . Chairs and fauteuils of the most elegant form , made of ebony and other rare woods , inlaid with ivory , were in common use amongst the ancient Egyptians . These were covered , as ...
Page 257
... stitches To clout upon the knee , by chaunce aside she lears , And Gib our cat , in the milk pan , she spied over head and ears . Ah ! out , out , theefe , she cried aloud , and swapt the breeches down , Up went her staffe , and out ...
... stitches To clout upon the knee , by chaunce aside she lears , And Gib our cat , in the milk pan , she spied over head and ears . Ah ! out , out , theefe , she cried aloud , and swapt the breeches down , Up went her staffe , and out ...
Page 261
... stitch ; devise any thing invented , disposed , or arranged . Point devise was , therefore , a particular sort of ... stitches made or devised with the needle . Various books of patterns of needlework for the assistance and encouragement ...
... stitch ; devise any thing invented , disposed , or arranged . Point devise was , therefore , a particular sort of ... stitches made or devised with the needle . Various books of patterns of needlework for the assistance and encouragement ...
Page 265
... stitches , but not so finely wrought as some which we shall presently notice . These patterns consist of arabesques , figures , birds , beasts , flowers , in every variety . To many the stitches are ready counted ( as well as pourtrayed ) ...
... stitches , but not so finely wrought as some which we shall presently notice . These patterns consist of arabesques , figures , birds , beasts , flowers , in every variety . To many the stitches are ready counted ( as well as pourtrayed ) ...
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... stitch , he will the conquest get . And as a souldier ( Frenchefyde with heat ) Maim'd from the warres is forc'd to make retreat ; So when a needles point is broke , and gone , No point Mounsieur , he's maim'd , his worke is done , And ...
... stitch , he will the conquest get . And as a souldier ( Frenchefyde with heat ) Maim'd from the warres is forc'd to make retreat ; So when a needles point is broke , and gone , No point Mounsieur , he's maim'd , his worke is done , And ...
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