Victorian/Needlework terms?

Speaking of iteresting Victorian Needlework items , what about "Vamity Set" ? And if you can find "tatting Doilies & Edgings , ed by Rita Weiss , Dover Needlework series, 1980 , you will find this Anti masscara doilies under the title CHAIR SET on page 17, and another on page

24-5, and on page 34 there is a "Lacy Twirl Chair set" while on page 37 you will see only a back one called 'Chair back'. mirjam

As in you are a trivia magnet?

Cheryl

Ah, but shouldn't it have been "duly corrected"???? Last I knew, being corrected wasn't a duty! ;)

Joan (yeah, I know, I'm picking nits!)

Well, I had a vague recollection it was both. Upon being rebuked, I looked it up in my Webster dictionary and they said chair backs. :-) Dianne

Well, let's see: Duly is in due manner, time or degree dutiful is filled with or motivated by a sense of duty (a dutiful son), or proceeding from or expressive of a sense of duty (dutiful affection)

I'm no l> Dr. Brat wrote:

Main Entry: an·ti·ma·cas·sar Pronunciation: "an-ti-m&-'ka-s&r Function: noun Etymology: anti- + Macassar (oil) (a hairdressing) : a cover to protect the back or arms of furniture

I also looked it up in my 1972 version of Webster's New World Dictionary and it gave the same answer. Personally I gave up on my old dictionary and most always use the on-line dictionaries now.

Lucille

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I love my old (close to ancient) dictionary! on line is good, but nothing beats the feeling of looking up some thing and learning something entirely new while you are at it!

Cheryl

Are you one of those too? I thought I was the only one who read the dictionary for fun!!! I really do know that there are lots of us out there; people who love words so much that they spend time that way.

Lucille

It's strange how they've used the term. I see your point about the "one of the same". But in a listing of gifts to make for a bride "embroidered ditto" is on it's own line in the listing.

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This was what made me thought it was actually a term for an item.

Jeanine in Canada

Wow, thank you!

Jean> The word musnud is from India and is the pillow that is used by a prince as

Then it would refer to the same as on the line above. This is often done in auction catalogs.

i.e.

1323 18th Century 3 drawer Dressing Table on tapering supports and original brass mounts, 4 ft. wide. 1324 Pair of Ditto.

George

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Or maybe like Gladstone, they were out on other naughty pursuits.

Yes. The embroidery was the cover. As someone else has said, often times, an embroidered book cover around several sheets of felt. The ones I saw, the fancy embroidery was on one side and a sheet of heavy fabric basted to the other side for the dirty work.

Whew! that's a relief... so, they took the "book" apart every time it needed cleaning? I wonder how often that was.

I guess the "Shaving Books" for gentlemen was the same sort of idea. Thanks for the info! Jeanine in Canada

Depends how many letters you wrote. Actually, I'm not so sure they cleaned it versus just stitching new felt on/in. I'll have to see if Mom knows where any of the old family ones are, if she can tell if the felt looks washed or new.

On 8/19/05 11:35 AM, in article snipped-for-privacy@adelphia.com, "Lucille" wrote: SNIP!

You betcha! words are great things.

I also miss the card catalogue, the Guide to Periodicals and encyclopedias. Some of my best trivia was gleaned along a random walk.

Cheryl