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schiffli, n.|ˈʃɪflɪ|
[Swiss Ger., = G. Schiffchen shuttle.]
Used attrib. to designate (a) a type of embroidery machine with diagonal shuttles which work on fabric stretched on a movable frame; (b) a style of fine embroidery done on such a machine. Also occas. absol. and adverbially, as schiffli embroidered.
1892G. S. Cole Compl. Dict. Dry Goods (rev. ed.) 123 In 1875 a machine, called the ‘Schiffli’, was invented and worked by steam... The embroideries made by this machine are usually known as ‘Schiffli goods’. 1923E. Dyer Textile Fabrics x. 164 Plauen, Schiffli, and burnt laces all refer to laces made on the Schiffli machine. 1946Bendure & Pfeiffer America's Fabrics xiii. 404 A schiffli machine is not a lace machine but an embroidery machine. Ibid. 407 The schiffli can make many lace patterns. 1960Textile Terms & Definitions (Textile Inst.) (ed. 4) 125 Schiffli Embroidery Machine, an embroidery machine consisting of a multiplicity of lockstitch sewing elements working on a basic net or fabric which is attached to a frame which is movable vertically and horizontally according to the requirements of the pattern. 1984Sears Catal. 1985 Spring/Summer 1288 Ensemble features authentic schiffli embroidery on the entire top of the bedspread. 1986Meredith (New Hampsh.) News 9 July 19/2 The maid of honor..wore a gown of maize matte taffeta with scalloped schiffli embroidered bodice. |