PATTERN FOR  VICTORIAN UNDERSLEEVES IN FRENCH EMBROIDERY

from Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1857

"Our illustration gives a style for embroidery which we have not yet seen here, and the effect of which is rich and striking. The running pattern is to be worked in satin-stitch, well raised and solid, so as to contrast with the open ground, the one forming the relief of the other. This ground is entirely composed of cut-out holes."