THE LA.DY'S 



MANUAL OF FANCY WORK; 



A COMPLETE INSTRUCTOR IN EVERY VARIETY OP 



ORNAMENTAL, N EEDLE-W O BK ; 



INCLUDING 



Applique, 'Embroidery, French Embro'ry, Tap'se D'Auxerre, 



Bead- Work, Golden Tapestry, Netting, Tape-Work, 



Berlin-Work, Knitting, Orne-Work, Tatting, 



Braiding, Knotting, Paten-Work, Transferring, 



Bobbin-Work, Lace-Work, Point Lace, Velvet Balls, 



Crochet, Muslin-Work, Potichomanie, Wire-Work, 



Shading and Coloring, Printers' Marks, Explanatory Terms, Etc., etc. 



With a List of Materials, and Hints for their Selection ; Advice on Making up and 



Trimming; A Catalogue of Articles suitable for Wedding, Birthday, 



and New Year Gifts ; and a Glossary of French and Ger- 



mau Terms, used in Needle-work, not to be 



found in any Dictionary. 

 THE WHOLE BEING A COMPLETE 



LEXICON OF FANCY NEEDLE-WORK. 



By MRS. JPUX.L^JST, 



EDITOR OP 



" The London and Paris Gazette of Fashion," and Director of the Work-table of 

 Frank Leslie's Magazine, Illustrated Magazine of Art, Lady's Com- 

 panion, Lady's Newspaper, Belle Assemblee, Home Circle, 

 Domestic Magazine, Illustrated London 



Magazine and Family Friend. 

 Illustrate 1 with over 30O Engravings, toy the Best Artists, 



WITH EIGHT LARGE PATTERN PLATES. 



Elegantly Printed in Colors on Tinted Paper. 



LARGE OCTAVO, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FINE CLOTH, WITH GILT SIDE 

 AND BACK STAMP, PRICE, $1.25. Full Gilt, with Gilt Edges, $1.75. 



There is no imaginable species of fancy needle-work, knitting, knotting, netting, 

 lace-work, embroidery, crochet, &c._&c., which may not be found fully illustrated in 

 this volume, and here are complete instructions for the inexperienced, from the pen 

 of one of the ablest of needle-women of the present age. Here are materials for 

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 ns to fit it for holiday souvenirs, contains three hundred engravings, besides eight 

 choice pattern plates in handsome colors and on tinted paper, embraces minute in- 

 structions for the execution of every known species of needle-work, lace- work, em- 

 broidery, wire-work, crochet, knitting knotting, netting, tape-work, transferring, 

 1 ead-work, Berlin-work, braiding, applique, and we know not how many more wos- 

 (1 rful, pretty, useful, profitable and entertaining kinds of light industry, ndnpted to 

 the feminine taste and feminine fingers. It is precisely the sort of a volume that 

 every lady, rich or poor, would accept with delight, and esteem beyond conception. 



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DICK & FITZGERALD, 



No. 18 Ann Stveet, New York. 



