The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... century , there are records of various church hangings which had become injured by old age being carefully repaired at con- siderable expense ; which expense and trouble would not , we may fairly infer , have been incurred if the ...
... century , there are records of various church hangings which had become injured by old age being carefully repaired at con- siderable expense ; which expense and trouble would not , we may fairly infer , have been incurred if the ...
Page 71
... century , had some magnificent garments wrought , which he pre- sented to different churches . One of these was an altar - cloth of Tyrian purple , having in the middle a picture of golden emblems , with the countenance of our Lord ...
... century , had some magnificent garments wrought , which he pre- sented to different churches . One of these was an altar - cloth of Tyrian purple , having in the middle a picture of golden emblems , with the countenance of our Lord ...
Page 77
... century , our fair country women were skilled not merely in the use of the needle as applied to necessary purposes , but also in its application to the varied and elegant embroidered garments to which we have so frequently alluded , as ...
... century , our fair country women were skilled not merely in the use of the needle as applied to necessary purposes , but also in its application to the varied and elegant embroidered garments to which we have so frequently alluded , as ...
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... centuries a petition in the Litanies of all nations . * For long did England sorrow under their CC fury , " though in time the Conquest produced ad- vantageous results to the kingdom at large . Whe- ther this Norman subjugation was in ...
... centuries a petition in the Litanies of all nations . * For long did England sorrow under their CC fury , " though in time the Conquest produced ad- vantageous results to the kingdom at large . Whe- ther this Norman subjugation was in ...
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... centuries . While to play on the harp and citole ( a species of lute ) , to execute various kinds of the most costly and delicate needle - work , and in some instances to ' pourtraye , ' were , in addition to more literary pur- suits ...
... centuries . While to play on the harp and citole ( a species of lute ) , to execute various kinds of the most costly and delicate needle - work , and in some instances to ' pourtraye , ' were , in addition to more literary pur- suits ...
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