The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... Romance and Chivalry . 117 CHAPTER XI . Tapestry . 148 CHAPTER XII . Romances worked in Tapestry 165 CHAPTER XIII . Needlework in Costume . - Part I. 186 CHAPTER XIV . Needlework in Costume . - Part II . 209 CHAPTER XV . 231 " The Field ...
... Romance and Chivalry . 117 CHAPTER XI . Tapestry . 148 CHAPTER XII . Romances worked in Tapestry 165 CHAPTER XIII . Needlework in Costume . - Part I. 186 CHAPTER XIV . Needlework in Costume . - Part II . 209 CHAPTER XV . 231 " The Field ...
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... romance that there was a high emblematical value attached to peacocks ; not so high , however , as to prevent our ancestors from eating them ; but it is difficult to account for their being so frequently introduced in designs ...
... romance that there was a high emblematical value attached to peacocks ; not so high , however , as to prevent our ancestors from eating them ; but it is difficult to account for their being so frequently introduced in designs ...
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... romances of the middle ages ; -authors wrote and ladies wrought ( we mean no pun ) their characters , not in the costume of the times in which the action or event celebrated took place , but in that in which they were at the time ...
... romances of the middle ages ; -authors wrote and ladies wrought ( we mean no pun ) their characters , not in the costume of the times in which the action or event celebrated took place , but in that in which they were at the time ...
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... romances , where their feats , far from being dwarfish , are absolutely gigantic , though these diminutive heroes seldom occupy any more osten- sible post than that of humble attendant . " Fill'd with these views th ' attendant dwarf ...
... romances , where their feats , far from being dwarfish , are absolutely gigantic , though these diminutive heroes seldom occupy any more osten- sible post than that of humble attendant . " Fill'd with these views th ' attendant dwarf ...
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... being coloured accurately from the original . In the study of these plates alone , days and weeks glided away , nor left us weary of our task . % 117 CHAPTER X. NEEDLEWORK OF THE TIMES OF ROMANCE AND 116 THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY .
... being coloured accurately from the original . In the study of these plates alone , days and weeks glided away , nor left us weary of our task . % 117 CHAPTER X. NEEDLEWORK OF THE TIMES OF ROMANCE AND 116 THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY .
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