The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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Page 73
... peacocks . Pope Leo the Fourth had a hanging worked with the needle , having the portrait of a man seated upon a peacock . Pope Stefano the Fifth had four magni- ficent hangings for the great altar , one of which was wrought in peacocks ...
... peacocks . Pope Leo the Fourth had a hanging worked with the needle , having the portrait of a man seated upon a peacock . Pope Stefano the Fifth had four magni- ficent hangings for the great altar , one of which was wrought in peacocks ...
Page 74
... peacock was always the most distinguished dish at the solemn banquets of princes or nobles . On these occasions it was served up on a golden dish , and carried to table by a lady of rank , attended by a train of high - born dames and ...
... peacock was always the most distinguished dish at the solemn banquets of princes or nobles . On these occasions it was served up on a golden dish , and carried to table by a lady of rank , attended by a train of high - born dames and ...
Page 75
... peacocks ' feathers . And from whatever circumstance the reverence for peacocks ' feathers originated , † it is not , even yet , * " Opere plumario exquitissime præparatas . " † In the classical ages , they were in high repute . Juno's ...
... peacocks ' feathers . And from whatever circumstance the reverence for peacocks ' feathers originated , † it is not , even yet , * " Opere plumario exquitissime præparatas . " † In the classical ages , they were in high repute . Juno's ...
Page 76
... Peacock . " At any rate , the religious care with which peacocks ' feathers are pre- served by many who care not for them as ornaments , is not a whit more ridiculous than to see people gravely turn over the money in their pockets when ...
... Peacock . " At any rate , the religious care with which peacocks ' feathers are pre- served by many who care not for them as ornaments , is not a whit more ridiculous than to see people gravely turn over the money in their pockets when ...
Page 83
... peacocks ' feathers in all their natural vivid colours ; their outer robes are gold raised with crimson ; their under vests white , shaded with sky blue ; the faces are finely worked in satin , after nature , and they have long yellow ...
... peacocks ' feathers in all their natural vivid colours ; their outer robes are gold raised with crimson ; their under vests white , shaded with sky blue ; the faces are finely worked in satin , after nature , and they have long yellow ...
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