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Plate XXVI. PYX VEIL OF TELA TIRATA, OR DRAWN THREAD WORK
This interesting piece is a survival from pre-reformation times. It is 2 ft. 4 in. square and has no cut threads in it. The pattern is made by drawing 12 threads both of warp and woof and leaving small squares of 12 threads. The loose threads are then most ingeniously whipped over, forming a star-like pattern between the squares. The worker has passed her needle behind the squares 8 times so as to form a star at the back of each square, the corners have wooden balls gilt: and a silk fringe surrounds the whole
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Plate XXVII. A PORTION OF THE PYX CLOTH, TO SHOW BOTH SIDES OF THE WORK
