The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 58
Page 6
... garments shall be made or worne ; So long as hemp , or flax , or sheep shall bear Their linnen wollen fleeces yeare by yeare ; So long as silkwormes , with exhausted spoile Of their own entrailes , for mans gaine shall toyle : Yea ...
... garments shall be made or worne ; So long as hemp , or flax , or sheep shall bear Their linnen wollen fleeces yeare by yeare ; So long as silkwormes , with exhausted spoile Of their own entrailes , for mans gaine shall toyle : Yea ...
Page 9
... garment of serge , and looks like a November day , hemming the bands of a Roundhead , and withal adding numerous ... garments of the Anglican Church , though perhaps a gentle sigh would escape , a sigh of regret for the stately and ...
... garment of serge , and looks like a November day , hemming the bands of a Roundhead , and withal adding numerous ... garments of the Anglican Church , though perhaps a gentle sigh would escape , a sigh of regret for the stately and ...
Page 13
... garments the skins of animals taken in the chase , while they used as needles for uniting these simple habiliments small bones of fish or animals rudely sharpened at one end ; and needles just of the same sort were used by the ...
... garments the skins of animals taken in the chase , while they used as needles for uniting these simple habiliments small bones of fish or animals rudely sharpened at one end ; and needles just of the same sort were used by the ...
Page 16
... garments of dignity and appro- priated to royalty ; as it is said of Tamar that " she had a garment of divers colours upon her : for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled . " It is even now customary in ...
... garments of dignity and appro- priated to royalty ; as it is said of Tamar that " she had a garment of divers colours upon her : for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled . " It is even now customary in ...
Page 17
... garment itself , and the earnest criticisms on it ; especially if in form and fashion it should somewhat differ from their own . And then arrives the moment when the garment is committed to its envelope ; and the mother , weeping to ...
... garment itself , and the earnest criticisms on it ; especially if in form and fashion it should somewhat differ from their own . And then arrives the moment when the garment is committed to its envelope ; and the mother , weeping to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adorned ages amongst ancient apparel arras Bayeux tapestry beautiful Bishop castle century Charlemagne church circumstance cloth of gold colours court covered crowned Croyland Abbey dames daughter decorated dress Edward the Confessor Elizabeth embroidered embroidery England English ephod exquisite Faerie Queene fair fashion feathers female France French Gammer garments gentle Gobelins gold thread hair Hampton Court hand hangings Harold hath Henry Hodge holy honour Julius Cæsar King King Arthur knight labours ladies Lady Jane Grey linen Lord magnificent mantle ment needle needlewoman needlework neele noble ornamental painted palace palace of Westminster patterns peacock pearls pennon person pieces Pope present prince purple Queen reign rich richly robes romance round royal says sent sewing silk silver skill sort splendid stitch supposed tapestry taste thou tion various vellum velvet vestments walls women woven wrought Ywaine