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... commenced three years since , but circumstances ( here unnecessary to men- tion ) , occasioned its being laid aside until the commencement of the present year . It has been written at intervals snatched from my other employments , and I ...
... commenced three years since , but circumstances ( here unnecessary to men- tion ) , occasioned its being laid aside until the commencement of the present year . It has been written at intervals snatched from my other employments , and I ...
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... commenced a bride . " The ceremony of the embroidering of the peplus or veil for the statue of Minerva , and its consecration , has been handed down to us as one of the highest , festivals of the Athenians . * The peplus was the work of ...
... commenced a bride . " The ceremony of the embroidering of the peplus or veil for the statue of Minerva , and its consecration , has been handed down to us as one of the highest , festivals of the Athenians . * The peplus was the work of ...
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... commenced her labours when only thirteen years old ; her last piece she completed at the age of seventy- eight . The works of this accomplished artist are executed on a thick kind of tammy , woven expressly for her use , with fine ...
... commenced her labours when only thirteen years old ; her last piece she completed at the age of seventy- eight . The works of this accomplished artist are executed on a thick kind of tammy , woven expressly for her use , with fine ...
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... Sully , the celebrated minister of Henry IV . , says , - " On eut de la peine à convenir de prix avec ces célèbres Tapissiers Flamands , qu'on avoit fait commenced the working of tapestry , which until that period TAPESTRY . 21.
... Sully , the celebrated minister of Henry IV . , says , - " On eut de la peine à convenir de prix avec ces célèbres Tapissiers Flamands , qu'on avoit fait commenced the working of tapestry , which until that period TAPESTRY . 21.
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Miss Lambert (F.) commenced the working of tapestry , which until that period had been confined to the Low Countries . To these succeeded , in 1655 , a Dutchman , named Glucq , and one Jean Lianson , a workman , and a great proficient ...
Miss Lambert (F.) commenced the working of tapestry , which until that period had been confined to the Low Countries . To these succeeded , in 1655 , a Dutchman , named Glucq , and one Jean Lianson , a workman , and a great proficient ...
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adapted alternately appearance Barège beautiful Berlin patterns blue border braid bring the wool byssus canvas Cast centre chain chenille claret cloth coarse Commence crêpe crochet silk cross stitch Dacca drab drawing drawn dyeing embroidered embroidery employed engraving executed finished fleecy flowers four frame fringe German wool Gobelin gold colour gold cord green imitation inches kind Knit one plain Knit six knit three labour ladies length loop stitch maille manufacture material mesh Nacre needle needlewoman needlework netting silk number of stitches open crochet ornamental pass pieces plain rows plain stitch ponceau practised purse putting the needle Queen repeat row-bring the wool row-knit row-net row-pearl knitting row-plain knitting row-slip rows of open satin scarlet sewing needle sewn shades side skeins slip stitch stripe tapestry tent stitch threads three plain rows tints turn twisted various velvet weaving width wire wool forward 米米
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Page 43 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Page 14 - And he said, What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 121 - Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows; the well-depicted...
Page 17 - For round about the walls yclothed were With goodly arras of great majesty, Woven with gold and silke, so close and nere That the rich metall lurked privily, As faining to be hidd from envious eye ; Yet here, and there, and every where, unwares It...
Page 46 - England alone, amounts in each year to more than four millions of pounds' weight, for the production of which, myriads upon myriads of silk-worms are required. Fourteen thousand millions of animated creatures annually live and die to supply this little corner of the world with an article of luxury ! If astonishment be excited at this fact, let us extend our view into China, and survey the dense population of its widelyspread region...
Page 11 - I have a couple of nieces under my direction, who so often run gadding abroad, that I don't know where to have them. Their dress, their tea, and their visits, take up all their time ; and they go to bed as tired with doing nothing, as I am after quilting a whole under-petticoat.
Page 114 - ... striped, like those of the present day. This kind of cloth, of embroidered linen, appears to have been made in Egypt expressly for sails, and was bought by the Tyrians for that purpose ; but its use was confined to the...
Page 14 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid : and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth : and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.