The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... coloured garment of serge , and looks like a November day , hemming the bands of a Roundhead , and withal adding numerous layers of starch . With grave and sedate aspect she would shape and sew the uncomely raiment of a Genevan divine ...
... coloured garment of serge , and looks like a November day , hemming the bands of a Roundhead , and withal adding numerous layers of starch . With grave and sedate aspect she would shape and sew the uncomely raiment of a Genevan divine ...
Page 15
... colours ; " probably including some not in general use , and obtained by an elaborate process . Entering himself ... coloured cloth , and sets female hands , the most expert of his household , to join them together in the form of a coat ...
... colours ; " probably including some not in general use , and obtained by an elaborate process . Entering himself ... coloured cloth , and sets female hands , the most expert of his household , to join them together in the form of a coat ...
Page 16
... colours tastefully sewed together ; and it may not perhaps be very absurd to refer even to so ancient an origin as Joseph's coat of many colours the superstition now prevalent in some countries , which teaches that a child clothed in a ...
... colours tastefully sewed together ; and it may not perhaps be very absurd to refer even to so ancient an origin as Joseph's coat of many colours the superstition now prevalent in some countries , which teaches that a child clothed in a ...
Page 21
... colours , of divers colours of needlework , of divers colours of needlework on both sides , meet for the necks of them that take the spoil . " Job has many allusions to raiment as an essential part of treasures " in the East ; and our ...
... colours , of divers colours of needlework , of divers colours of needlework on both sides , meet for the necks of them that take the spoil . " Job has many allusions to raiment as an essential part of treasures " in the East ; and our ...
Page 29
... colour was shaded off into a rich and delicate tracery of gold ; and above all , that exquisite work , the most beautiful of all their productions - the veil which separated the " Holy of Holies , " the place where the Most High ...
... colour was shaded off into a rich and delicate tracery of gold ; and above all , that exquisite work , the most beautiful of all their productions - the veil which separated the " Holy of Holies , " the place where the Most High ...
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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