The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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Page 64
... richly dight : There saw I altar , pall , and pix , Chalice , and font , and crucifix , And tapers burning bright . ” W. S. Rose . OVER those memorials of the past which chance and mischance have left us , time hath drawn a thick ...
... richly dight : There saw I altar , pall , and pix , Chalice , and font , and crucifix , And tapers burning bright . ” W. S. Rose . OVER those memorials of the past which chance and mischance have left us , time hath drawn a thick ...
Page 65
... richly illuminated volume by which her own attention had been engrossed , and from which she had from time to time read short and in- structive passages aloud , commenting on and en- forcing the principles they inculcated ; and holding ...
... richly illuminated volume by which her own attention had been engrossed , and from which she had from time to time read short and in- structive passages aloud , commenting on and en- forcing the principles they inculcated ; and holding ...
Page 74
... richly gilt , being placed at one end of the dish , and the tail , spread out in its full circumference , at the other . And alas ! for the de- generacy of those days . The solemn and knightly adjuration of former times had even then ...
... richly gilt , being placed at one end of the dish , and the tail , spread out in its full circumference , at the other . And alas ! for the de- generacy of those days . The solemn and knightly adjuration of former times had even then ...
Page 83
... richly emblazoned , the supporters of which , the merman and mermaid , are beautifully worked , the merman in gold armour , the mermaid in white silk , with long tresses in golden thread . This magnificent piece of needlework has pro ...
... richly emblazoned , the supporters of which , the merman and mermaid , are beautifully worked , the merman in gold armour , the mermaid in white silk , with long tresses in golden thread . This magnificent piece of needlework has pro ...
Page 96
... richly decorated . The revellers are , however , obliged to dispatch , as their leader , Harold , is already wading through the water to his vessel . The character of Harold as displayed throughout this tapestry is a magnificent one ...
... richly decorated . The revellers are , however , obliged to dispatch , as their leader , Harold , is already wading through the water to his vessel . The character of Harold as displayed throughout this tapestry is a magnificent one ...
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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