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Fish-Scale Embroidery

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FISH-SCALE EMBROIDERY

This unique manner of embroidery was a novelty during the nineteenth century and its exquisite effects cannot be realized without seeing an actual hand-worked specimen.  By using a variety of colored fish-scales, very effective borders and designs could be made, which were utilized in a variety of articles of fancy work.

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