The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... gold and silver is cankered , and your GARMENTS are moth - eaten . The first notice we have of gold - wire or thread being used in embroidery is in Exodus , in the direc- tions given for the embroidery of the priests ' gar- ments from ...
... gold and silver is cankered , and your GARMENTS are moth - eaten . The first notice we have of gold - wire or thread being used in embroidery is in Exodus , in the direc- tions given for the embroidery of the priests ' gar- ments from ...
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... gold ; and each thread of this corslet , though itself very fine , was composed of 360 other threads all distinct . Nor did these beautiful manufactures lack the addition of equally beautiful needlework . Though the gold thread used at ...
... gold ; and each thread of this corslet , though itself very fine , was composed of 360 other threads all distinct . Nor did these beautiful manufactures lack the addition of equally beautiful needlework . Though the gold thread used at ...
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... gold thread , and from the description given of the texture of the linen we may form some idea of the exquisite tenuity of the gold wire which was used to ornament it . Corslets of linen of a somewhat stronger texture than this one ...
... gold thread , and from the description given of the texture of the linen we may form some idea of the exquisite tenuity of the gold wire which was used to ornament it . Corslets of linen of a somewhat stronger texture than this one ...
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... gold thread , after the manner of Egyptian stitchery . Perhaps no royal lady was ever more magnificently dowered than the queen of Egypt ; her apparel might well be gorgeous . Diodorus says that when Moris , from whom the lake derived ...
... gold thread , after the manner of Egyptian stitchery . Perhaps no royal lady was ever more magnificently dowered than the queen of Egypt ; her apparel might well be gorgeous . Diodorus says that when Moris , from whom the lake derived ...
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... threads of linen which formed the weft , and to re - form the body of the material , and vary its appearance , by ... gold thread . The couches too , which in the daytime had a rich covering substituted for the night bedding , gave ...
... threads of linen which formed the weft , and to re - form the body of the material , and vary its appearance , by ... gold thread . The couches too , which in the daytime had a rich covering substituted for the night bedding , gave ...
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