The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... embroidery which was dis- played so worthily in the service of the Tabernacle . Egypt was at this time the seat of science , of art , and learning ; for it was thought the highest summary which could be given of Moses ' acquirements to ...
... embroidery which was dis- played so worthily in the service of the Tabernacle . Egypt was at this time the seat of science , of art , and learning ; for it was thought the highest summary which could be given of Moses ' acquirements to ...
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... embroider , but even to interweave with the linen . The linen corslet of Amasis , presented , as we have remarked , to the Lacedemonians , surpassingly fine as was the mate- rial , was worked with a needle in figures of animals in gold ...
... embroider , but even to interweave with the linen . The linen corslet of Amasis , presented , as we have remarked , to the Lacedemonians , surpassingly fine as was the mate- rial , was worked with a needle in figures of animals in gold ...
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... says , as proof of the gorge- ousness of her attire , her clothing is of wrought gold . " This is supposed to mean a garment richly embroidered with the needle in figures in gold thread , 34 NEEDLEWORK OF THE EGYPTIANS .
... says , as proof of the gorge- ousness of her attire , her clothing is of wrought gold . " This is supposed to mean a garment richly embroidered with the needle in figures in gold thread , 34 NEEDLEWORK OF THE EGYPTIANS .
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... embroidered with the needle in figures in gold thread , after the manner of Egyptian stitchery . Perhaps no royal lady was ever more magnificently dowered than the queen of Egypt ; her apparel might well be gorgeous . Diodorus says that ...
... embroidered with the needle in figures in gold thread , after the manner of Egyptian stitchery . Perhaps no royal lady was ever more magnificently dowered than the queen of Egypt ; her apparel might well be gorgeous . Diodorus says that ...
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... embroidered ; and it is not unnatural to suppose that this difference was the result of feminine solicitude and ... embroidery . Shakspeare's description of the barge of Cleopatra when she embarked on the river Cydnus to meet Antony ...
... embroidered ; and it is not unnatural to suppose that this difference was the result of feminine solicitude and ... embroidery . Shakspeare's description of the barge of Cleopatra when she embarked on the river Cydnus to meet Antony ...
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