Glossary of Terms used in 1900s-era “fancywork” books.
Brown, Anna Wuerfel
- Ravelry fan page http://www.ravelry.com/designers/anna-wuerfel-brown
- The New Filet Crochet Book, 1912 http://www.archive.org/download/newfiletcrochetb00kirc/newfiletcrochetb00kirc.pdf
cretonne
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cre tonne
[kri-ton, kree-ton] Show IPA
nouna heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.Origin:
1865–70; < French, after Creton, Norman village where it was produced
Fancy-work
- Any of the type of textile or household crafts created by women in the early 1900s.
- What is Fancywork Crochet? (crochetme.com)
Filet crochet
Filet lacis
Nightingale
Portier:
- A portière is a hanging placed over a door or over the doorless entrance to a room. Its name is derived from the French word for door, porte . http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_drapery_portier
- Note: The portiere shown in the Priscilla Helps for Household book is not being used in this manner, rather, is a simiilarly open beaded drape used as an embellishment over a sheer panel.
Shirt-waist
- shirt·waist (shûrt
w
st
)
n.1. A woman’s blouse or bodice styled like a tailored shirt.2. See shirtdress.
Smyrna rug
Testa, Carmela
- Boston-based Italian designer Carmela Testa appears to have self-published the phenomenal Variety Italian Cut Work and Filet Lace. http://ia700209.us.archive.org/10/items/varietyitaliancu00bost/varietyitaliancu00bost.pdf