The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... exquisitely did she adapt herself to the peculiarities of all . With flowing ringlets and silken robe , carolling gaily as she worked , you would see her pinking the ruffles of the Cavalier , and ever and anon adding 8 INTRODUCTION .
... exquisitely did she adapt herself to the peculiarities of all . With flowing ringlets and silken robe , carolling gaily as she worked , you would see her pinking the ruffles of the Cavalier , and ever and anon adding 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... exquisite work , the most beautiful of all their productions - the veil which separated the " Holy of Holies , " the place where the Most High vouchsafed his especial presence , where none but the high priest might presume to enter ...
... exquisite work , the most beautiful of all their productions - the veil which separated the " Holy of Holies , " the place where the Most High vouchsafed his especial presence , where none but the high priest might presume to enter ...
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... exquisitely fine as to be called " woven air . " And there are some instances recorded by historians which seem fully to bear out the appella- tion . For example : so delicate were the threads . used for nets , that some of these nets ...
... exquisitely fine as to be called " woven air . " And there are some instances recorded by historians which seem fully to bear out the appella- tion . For example : so delicate were the threads . used for nets , that some of these nets ...
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... exquisite tenuity of the gold wire which was used to ornament it . Corslets of linen of a somewhat stronger texture than this one , which was doubtless meant for merely ornamental wear , were not uncommon amongst the ancients . The ...
... exquisite tenuity of the gold wire which was used to ornament it . Corslets of linen of a somewhat stronger texture than this one , which was doubtless meant for merely ornamental wear , were not uncommon amongst the ancients . The ...
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... exquisite beauty . These admired pieces of embroidery were the work of Christina , Abbess of Markgate . " Anglica nationis feminæ multum acu et auri textura , egregie viri in omni valeant artificio . Però fu renomato Opus Anglicum ...
... exquisite beauty . These admired pieces of embroidery were the work of Christina , Abbess of Markgate . " Anglica nationis feminæ multum acu et auri textura , egregie viri in omni valeant artificio . Però fu renomato Opus Anglicum ...
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