The Hand-book of NeedleworkWiley & Putnam, 1842 - 263 من الصفحات |
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... Lines , by Cowper , on the Silkworm - Varieties of Silk - Their employment in Needlework - Mitorse Silk - Netting Silk - Sewing Silks- Crochet Silk - Dacca Silk - Floss Silk - Bourre de Soie - Spun Silk - Other materials resembling Silk ...
... Lines , by Cowper , on the Silkworm - Varieties of Silk - Their employment in Needlework - Mitorse Silk - Netting Silk - Sewing Silks- Crochet Silk - Dacca Silk - Floss Silk - Bourre de Soie - Spun Silk - Other materials resembling Silk ...
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... lines of the engraver , a work , however , which required both skill and patience to produce the beautiful effects which we sometimes see in these pieces . When fine engravings were copied , the stitches more closely resembled those of ...
... lines of the engraver , a work , however , which required both skill and patience to produce the beautiful effects which we sometimes see in these pieces . When fine engravings were copied , the stitches more closely resembled those of ...
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... line or colour that does not set well . The artist places himself behind the frame , with his back towards the cartoon or picture he is about to copy ; he first turns and looks at his design , then taking a broach of the proper colour ...
... line or colour that does not set well . The artist places himself behind the frame , with his back towards the cartoon or picture he is about to copy ; he first turns and looks at his design , then taking a broach of the proper colour ...
الصفحة 48
... lines of the poet Cowper , on— THE SILK - WORM . " The beams of April , ere it goes , A worm , scarce visible , disclose ; lege ; and while she displayed her own ancles in the delicate silken knit , was , perhaps , well pleased that her ...
... lines of the poet Cowper , on— THE SILK - WORM . " The beams of April , ere it goes , A worm , scarce visible , disclose ; lege ; and while she displayed her own ancles in the delicate silken knit , was , perhaps , well pleased that her ...
الصفحة 78
... line of checks , according to the engraved figures , being coloured by one stroke of the pencil , the point of which is kept very square , and of a size adapted to that of the check of the en- graving . Practice alone renders the touch ...
... line of checks , according to the engraved figures , being coloured by one stroke of the pencil , the point of which is kept very square , and of a size adapted to that of the check of the en- graving . Practice alone renders the touch ...
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adapted alternately appearance Barège beautiful Berlin patterns blue border braid bring the wool byssus canvas Cast centre chain chenille claret cloth coarse Commence crêpe crochet silk cross stitch Dacca drab drawing drawn dyeing embroidered embroidery employed engraving executed finished fleecy flowers four frame fringe German wool Gobelin gold colour gold cord green imitation inches kind Knit one plain Knit six knit three labour ladies length loop stitch maille manufacture material mesh Nacre needle needlework netting silk number of stitches open crochet ornamental pass pieces plain rows plain stitch ponceau practised purse putting the needle Queen repeat row-bring the wool row-knit row-net row-pearl knitting row-plain knitting row-slip rows of open satin scarlet sewing needle sewn shades side skeins slip stitch stripe tapestry tent stitch threads three plain rows tints turn twisted various velvet weaving width wire wool forward
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الصفحة 43 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
الصفحة 14 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand...
الصفحة 136 - We see in needle-works and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
الصفحة 121 - Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows; the well-depicted...
الصفحة 17 - For round about the walls yclothed were With goodly arras of great majesty, Woven with gold and silke, so close and nere That the rich metall lurked privily, As faining to be hidd from envious eye ; Yet here, and there, and every where, unwares It...
الصفحة 46 - England alone, amounts in each year to more than four millions of pounds' weight, for the production of which, myriads upon myriads of silk-worms are required. Fourteen thousand millions of animated creatures annually live and die to supply this little corner of the world with an article of luxury ! If astonishment be excited at this fact, let us extend our view into China, and survey the dense population of its widelyspread region...
الصفحة 11 - I have a couple of nieces under my direction, who so often run gadding abroad, that I don't know where to have them. Their dress, their tea, and their visits, take up all their time ; and they go to bed as tired with doing nothing, as I am after quilting a whole under-petticoat.