The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... dame NEEDLE- WORK is of ancient lineage , of high descent , of courtly habits will you not permit me to make you somewhat better acquainted ? Pray travel onward with me to her shrine . The way is not toilsome , nor is the track rugged ...
... dame NEEDLE- WORK is of ancient lineage , of high descent , of courtly habits will you not permit me to make you somewhat better acquainted ? Pray travel onward with me to her shrine . The way is not toilsome , nor is the track rugged ...
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... of every virtuous woman ; " viz . the distaff and spindle . In the use of these the Grecian dames were particularly skilled ; in fact , + spinning , weaving , needlework , and embroidery , CHAPTER V Needlework of the Greeks and Romans.
... of every virtuous woman ; " viz . the distaff and spindle . In the use of these the Grecian dames were particularly skilled ; in fact , + spinning , weaving , needlework , and embroidery , CHAPTER V Needlework of the Greeks and Romans.
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... dame to embroider a splendid cope , a rich vest , or a gorgeous hanging , as a votive and grateful offering to that holy altar where perhaps she had prayed in sorrow , and found consolation and peace . 64 CHAPTER VII . NEEDLEWORK OF THE ...
... dame to embroider a splendid cope , a rich vest , or a gorgeous hanging , as a votive and grateful offering to that holy altar where perhaps she had prayed in sorrow , and found consolation and peace . 64 CHAPTER VII . NEEDLEWORK OF THE ...
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... dames and damsels , and accom- panied by music . If it was on the occasion of a tournament , the successful knight always carved it , so regulating his portions that each individual , be the company ever so numerous , might taste . For ...
... dames and damsels , and accom- panied by music . If it was on the occasion of a tournament , the successful knight always carved it , so regulating his portions that each individual , be the company ever so numerous , might taste . For ...
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... which was the image of our * The name of Dame Leviet has descended to posterity as an em- broiderer to the Conqueror and his Queen . Saviour Christ . The celebrated standard of the Danes had 78 NEEDLEWORK OF THE DARK AGES .
... which was the image of our * The name of Dame Leviet has descended to posterity as an em- broiderer to the Conqueror and his Queen . Saviour Christ . The celebrated standard of the Danes had 78 NEEDLEWORK OF THE DARK AGES .
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