The instructions for this delicate lace edging originally appeared in a weekly household column, which ran in a Manchester, New Hampshire, newspaper from 1881 to 1884.
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A member of the cross stitch family, the rice stitch is not to be confused with another type of stitching.
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Sheena Pennell explores the role portrait artists played in public relations during the years that the House of Medici reigned in Florence.
Silk fabrics are incredibly diverse, varying according to weave, thread count, and weight of the fibers.
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Women’s head coverings during the nineteenth century varied considerably, depending on the country, region, traditions, climate, religion, marital status, social or economic class, and fashion.