The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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Page 71
... hangings with crimson taken literally at random from scores of similar ones . It will give the reader some idea of the profusion with which the expensive gar- nitures were supplied : - " Sed et super altare majus fecit tetra vela ...
... hangings with crimson taken literally at random from scores of similar ones . It will give the reader some idea of the profusion with which the expensive gar- nitures were supplied : - " Sed et super altare majus fecit tetra vela ...
Page 73
... 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 . We find in romance that there was ...
... 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 . We find in romance that there was ...
Page 82
... hanging ( vellum ) , embroi- dered with the destruction of Troy , which Witlaf , King of Mercia , gave to the abbey ... hangings for the altars , embroidered with golden birds ; and a garment , which seems to have been a peculiar , and ...
... hanging ( vellum ) , embroi- dered with the destruction of Troy , which Witlaf , King of Mercia , gave to the abbey ... hangings for the altars , embroidered with golden birds ; and a garment , which seems to have been a peculiar , and ...
Page 148
... hangings of wool and silk ; but it has been applied to all sorts of hangings , whether wrought entirely with the needle ( as originally indeed all were ) or in the loom , whether composed of canvass and wool , or of painted cloth ...
... hangings of wool and silk ; but it has been applied to all sorts of hangings , whether wrought entirely with the needle ( as originally indeed all were ) or in the loom , whether composed of canvass and wool , or of painted cloth ...
Page 152
... hangings introduced by Queen Eleanor which would be imitated and caricatured in ten thousand different forms , were in much superior style . The Moors had attained to the highest perfection in the decorative arts , and from them did the ...
... hangings introduced by Queen Eleanor which would be imitated and caricatured in ten thousand different forms , were in much superior style . The Moors had attained to the highest perfection in the decorative arts , and from them did the ...
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