Lexicographical Neighbors of Guimped
Literary usage of Guimped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"The deep and pointed stomacher was exquisitely guimped and pinked, and at the
lower part was a large pin, consisting of several diamonds, confining an ..."
2. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"Low embroidery, where the gold and silver lie low upon the sketch, and are stiched
with silk of the same colour. 3. guimped embroidery : this is performed ..."
3. The Hand-book of Needlework by Lambert (F.), Miss A Lambert (1842)
"For that description of embroidery technically termed guimped embroidery, the
pattern must be drawn on the material, and the figures of the pattern also cut ..."
4. Pocket Encyclopedia, Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Polite Literature by Edward Augustus Kendall (1811)
"2. Low embroidery, where the gold and silver lie'.low upon the sketch, and are
stitched •with silk of the same colour. 3. guimped embroidery ; this is ..."
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