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Page 4
... similar covering , but of more ample dimensions , is given in the " Ion " of Euripides : " Then from the treas'ry of the god he takes The consecrated tap'stry , splendid woof ! To clothe with grateful shade the wondrous scene . First o ...
... similar covering , but of more ample dimensions , is given in the " Ion " of Euripides : " Then from the treas'ry of the god he takes The consecrated tap'stry , splendid woof ! To clothe with grateful shade the wondrous scene . First o ...
Page 8
... similar , represent St. Peter seated on a throne , clothed in pontificial robes , and crowned with the papal tiara ; he is giving the benediction with one hand , whilst in the other he holds the keys . On either side of the saint is an ...
... similar , represent St. Peter seated on a throne , clothed in pontificial robes , and crowned with the papal tiara ; he is giving the benediction with one hand , whilst in the other he holds the keys . On either side of the saint is an ...
Page 18
... similar article with less labour and expense , were generally the needle- work of female hands . * Tapestries were known among the inhabitants of eastern countries at an extremely remote era , from whence they were introduced into ...
... similar article with less labour and expense , were generally the needle- work of female hands . * Tapestries were known among the inhabitants of eastern countries at an extremely remote era , from whence they were introduced into ...
Page 21
... similar institutions founded by that monarch , was greatly neglected at his death , and would probably have been entirely so , had not Colbert , the minister of Louis XIV , with a view of providing the costly and magnificent furniture ...
... similar institutions founded by that monarch , was greatly neglected at his death , and would probably have been entirely so , had not Colbert , the minister of Louis XIV , with a view of providing the costly and magnificent furniture ...
Page 24
... similar to common weaving , the painting intended to be wrought being beneath the warp ; and the process was very remarkable , from the fact of the tapestry being worked on the wrong side , so that the artist could not see the face of ...
... similar to common weaving , the painting intended to be wrought being beneath the warp ; and the process was very remarkable , from the fact of the tapestry being worked on the wrong side , so that the artist could not see the face of ...
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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 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
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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 now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand...
Page 136 - We see in needle-works and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
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.