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Beeton, Mrs. Isabella Mary, 1836-1865

"Beeton's Book of Needlework"

The guipure pattern is worked in linen stitch
and point d'esprit, the raised leaves in darning stitch. The edges are
worked round with button-hole stitches.
[Illustration: 528.--Insertion in Guipure d'Art.]
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529.--_Rosette in Guipure d'Art._
[Illustration: 529.--Rosette in Guipure d'Art.]
Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 6.
This rosette is worked in point de toile and small wheels. A larger
wheel occupies the centre, and is ornamented with a round of overcast.
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530.--_Quarter of a Square in Guipure d'Art_.
Materials: One guipure frame; Mecklenburg thread Nos. 6 and 12; needle
No. 7.
[Illustration: 530.--Quarter of a Square in Guipure d'Art.]
This pattern shows, in full size, one quarter of a square in guipure
d'art. The outer border is in point d'esprit, then comes a border in
linen stitch. There are large stars in the corners; these stars are
worked in raised darning stitch only, and fastened on the netting at the
points of each brand; in the centre of the star there is a wheel (see
No.


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