The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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Page 121
... dame's school ; where , however , we may infer from the arrangement of the accom- plishments taught , and the special mention of needle - work , that the extra expense would be for the sewing ; whereas , in our time and country ( or ...
... dame's school ; where , however , we may infer from the arrangement of the accom- plishments taught , and the special mention of needle - work , that the extra expense would be for the sewing ; whereas , in our time and country ( or ...
Page 127
... dame Blawnche flour , As love was hem betwene , For they loved wyth honour , Purtrayed they wer with trewe - love - flower , With stones bryght and shene . Ther wer knyghtes and senatowres , Emerawdes of gret vertues , To wyte withouten ...
... dame Blawnche flour , As love was hem betwene , For they loved wyth honour , Purtrayed they wer with trewe - love - flower , With stones bryght and shene . Ther wer knyghtes and senatowres , Emerawdes of gret vertues , To wyte withouten ...
Page 129
... dame Guenever the gay , And many bold barons sitting in hall ; With ladies attired in purple and pall ; And heraults in hewkes , * hooting on high , Cryed , Largesse , largesse , Chevaliers tres hardie . ' A doughty dwarfe to the ...
... dame Guenever the gay , And many bold barons sitting in hall ; With ladies attired in purple and pall ; And heraults in hewkes , * hooting on high , Cryed , Largesse , largesse , Chevaliers tres hardie . ' A doughty dwarfe to the ...
Page 138
... dame who her obeyed , She task'd , together with herself , to sew , With subtle toil ; and with fine gold o'erlaid A piece of silk of white and sable hue : With this she trapt the horse . ” * The tabards or surcoats which knights wore ...
... dame who her obeyed , She task'd , together with herself , to sew , With subtle toil ; and with fine gold o'erlaid A piece of silk of white and sable hue : With this she trapt the horse . ” * The tabards or surcoats which knights wore ...
Page 165
... dames , Pageants and triumphs , tournaments and games . " ROSE'S PARTENOPEX , It has been a favourite practice of all antiquity to work with the needle representations of those sub- jects in which the imagination and the feelings were ...
... dames , Pageants and triumphs , tournaments and games . " ROSE'S PARTENOPEX , It has been a favourite practice of all antiquity to work with the needle representations of those sub- jects in which the imagination and the feelings were ...
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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