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Title(s):
Young ladies' journal complete guide to the work-table : containing instructions on Berlin work, crochet, drawn-thread work, embroidery, knitting, knotting or macrame, lace, netting, poonah painting & tatting ; with numerous illustrations and coloured designs.
Additional Title(s):

Complete guide to the work-table

Complete guide to the worktable
Edition:
Ninth edition
Published/Created:
London : E. Harrison, [1892]
Physical Description:
iv, 136 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
TT750 .Y68 1892
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Originally issued as supplements to The Young Ladies' Journal entitled "Complete guide to the work-table."
With index.
With four inserted chromolithographed "colour supplement" illustrations.
Edition statement from cover.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blind- and gold-stamped brown cloth. With four pages of commercial advertisements bound in before and after text.
Subject Terms:
Crocheting.
Embroidery.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Knitting.
Lace and lace making.
Macramé.
Needlework -- Patterns.
Needlework -- Study and teaching.
Netting.
Painting.
Tatting.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1892.
Chromolithographs -- 1892.
Contributors:
Harrison, E., publisher.
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  • Embroidery : also full directions for silk, crewel, and arrasene work
  • Crochet : full directions for plain and fancy crochet, tricot, hairpin-work, etc.
  • Guipure netting : full directions for guipure netting
  • Knitting : full directions for plain and fancy knitting
  • Point lace
  • Instructions in Poonah painting on velvet, silk, card, paper, or wood
  • Knotting or macramé
  • Tatting
  • Drawn thread work, &c.
  • Berlin work
  • Fancy netting.

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