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The rest of the applied surface design on the stem and leaves is chain-stitch embroidery.
A to Z: S is for Suzani Unionpearl 2009
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The rest of the applied surface design on the stem and leaves is chain-stitch embroidery.
Archive 2009-02-01 Unionpearl 2009
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Most frequently the design was of scroll-work, worked with a fine black silk back-stitching or chain-stitch.
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Emily Leigh Lowes
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Having bordered the application with olive-colored satin ribbon half an inch wide laid in box pleats, chain-stitch it on the foundation along the inner edges with gold thread.
Harper's Young People, November 11, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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The stitches used were generally chain-stitch, split-stitch, petit point, and lace-stitch; and the patterns were most frequently outlined with a gimp made of flattened spiral wire, or _purl_, which was a fine copper wire covered with coloured silks and cut in lengths for use.
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Emily Leigh Lowes
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This really is not lace at all, as it is merely chain-stitch worked in patterns on machine-made net.
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Emily Leigh Lowes
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A drop-feed oscillating shuttle machine for manufacturing purposes; a wheel-feed oscillating shuttle machine, furnished with a trimmer, used chiefly in stitching leather and boot uppers; double chain-stitch machine, used for sack making, now shown for the first time; and a single thread "Lightning Sewer," fitted with a trimmer for hosiery work.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Various
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In turning, one chain-stitch corresponds to a double, two chain-stitches to a half or short treble, three chain to a treble, four to a double treble, five to
Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet Anonymous
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Linen 'in chain-stitch on a green canvas bag; I was admiring the
The Pool in the Desert Sara Jeannette Duncan
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It is then cut up into the required sizes by hand and by special machines, and afterwards sewn by one of the chain-stitch or straight-stitch bag sewing-machines.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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