guimp

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The crown surmounting it is heavily worked in gold guimp--the cap being represented in crimson silk thread and all appliqué.

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  • At first, of course, he merely marked down, with discretion, his less-expensive stock of prints and muslins, nuns-veilings and muslin delaines, with a few fancy braidings and trimmings in guimp or bronze to enliven the affair. —  The Lost Girl
  • 3). Metal is also found in the form of 'guimp,' in flattened spirals (Fig. —  English Embroidered Bookbindings
  • The lady has a coif and a cuff of silver guimp arranged in the same way as that on the other side The back is divided into four panels by silver guimp, each containing a flower worked in tapestry-stitch, a blue flower, a wild rose, a pansy, and a thistle. —  English Embroidered Bookbindings
  • The crown surmounting it is heavily worked in gold guimp--the cap being represented in crimson silk thread and all appliqué. —  English Embroidered Bookbindings
  • From the upper and lower extremities of this circle spring two flower forms in gold and silver guimp, with sprays issuing from them bearing strawberries, grape bunches, and leaves, in the upper half, and roses and leaves in the lower. —  English Embroidered Bookbindings
 

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