Identifier: dictionaryofnee02caul (find matches)
Title: The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911 Saward, Blanche C
Subjects: Needlework
Publisher: London : A.W. Cowan
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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then slightly damp and stretch the laceif at all drawn in any part. To work design for necktie end, shown in Fig. 266 : Tackon the lace and braid, and make the Hexagons, Wheels,and divided Bars as indicated. Work the six Bars con- century it flourished in the City of Abbeville. The designswere Oriental in character, and usually represented birds,quadrupeds, and trees. Royal and noble personagesmuch affected the material. Its introduction into Englandwas due to the French weavers, who took refuge here inthe time of Queen Elizabeth. Damask is now made ofsilk, intermingled with flax, wool, or cotton, the warp beingof the first named. These mixed Damasks are chieflyemployed for furniture. Some of the patterns requireupwards of 1200 changes of the draw-looms for their com-pletion. There is also a species of Damask solely made ofworsted, employed in upholstery. Damask Linen is a finetwilled fabric, manufactured for table-linen, which ischiefly made at Belfast and Lisburne, and also at Dun-
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Fig. 2GG. DAMASCENE LACE. nccted together with a centre line upon the right handside of the pattern, thus : Always Cord back the Bars tothe centre, there make firm with a Buttonhole and a fewturns of the thread to form a spot, and take the threadstraight down the centre for a little distance betweenevery divided line. Damask.—A twilled stuff, decorated with ornamentaldevices in relief, woven in the loom, and deriving itsname from Damascus, where the manufacture had itsorigin. The ancient textile so manufactured was of richsilk, the threads being coarse, and the figure designsexecuted in various colours. The Normans found thisindustry already established at Palermo in the twelfthcentury, and carried it on there, while in the following fcrmline. It is made both single and double. The Cottondamasks, made in crimson and maroon, for curtains,measure from 30 inches to 5i inches in width; the UnionDamasks for the same purpose 54 inches, and the Worsted,in all wool, in blue, crimson, and gr

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