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Title: Border Design Series: Section 01, Image 031
Identifier: hdrx_n01s01_00031
Description: This image, titled "Sleeve, in Broderie Anglaise" includes an illustration and text related to border designs. It is from Godey's Lady's Book, February 1852. It is an article describing an 1852 sleeve in Broderie Anglaise, including a drawing of the sleeve itself. The Border Design Series consists of fashion illustrations and texts, compiled by Nancy Rexford, from periodicals dated late 18th - early 20th century.
Source: Godey's Lady's Book
Rights: This image, from the Rexford Costume Research Archive, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Date: February 1852
Relation: Godey’s Lady’s Book. Philadelphia, PA: L.A. Godey, 1830-1898. , View this periodical at Hathi Trust , View this periodical at the Internet Archive
Cultural Context: North American , American
Inscription: Materials:- Muslin Sleeves, which are brought ready stamped; and Evan's Embroidery Cottone, No. 60. This fashionable kind of work is one of the simplest known. The pattern is cut out with a machine, in small hole, which are sewed round with soft cotton, the thread passing on the wrong side, from one to to another. The border is in small scallops, forming one large one, of which about five are sufficient for a Mandarin sleeve. It is marked in the usual manner of muslin work, with indigo; the scallops should be run several times, as in satin-stitch, before they are worked in the long button-hole stitch. This gives the edge a substance, and richness of of appearance. The scallops are cut out with sharps scissors after they are worked. It is a great improvement, in sewing over the open parts of Broderie Anglaise, to hold in a thread, and work over it. It renders the work hansomer, and more durable. Evans's Head Sewing Cotton, No. 24, is very suitable for this purpose. Aiguillete

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