The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... sort were used by the inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands , when the cele- brated Captain Cook first visited them . Proceed we to the material of the first needlework . They sewed themselves fig - leaves together , and made themselves ...
... sort were used by the inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands , when the cele- brated Captain Cook first visited them . Proceed we to the material of the first needlework . They sewed themselves fig - leaves together , and made themselves ...
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... sorted , ready for presents , and the intendant of the wardrobe sent them to those persons for whom they were designed by the sovereign ; more than forty tailors were always employed in this service . In Turkey they do not attend so ...
... sorted , ready for presents , and the intendant of the wardrobe sent them to those persons for whom they were designed by the sovereign ; more than forty tailors were always employed in this service . In Turkey they do not attend so ...
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... sort , nor inquiring traveller , nor prowling Arab , varied the tremendous grandeur of the scene , when the Israel- itish host encamped there . Weary and toilsome had been the pilgrimage from the base of the moun- tain where the ...
... sort , nor inquiring traveller , nor prowling Arab , varied the tremendous grandeur of the scene , when the Israel- itish host encamped there . Weary and toilsome had been the pilgrimage from the base of the moun- tain where the ...
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... sort , except such as might represent the forms of animals - these were rigidly excluded . Cherubims seemed to be hovering around and grasping its gorgeous folds ; and if tradition and history be to be credited , NEEDLEWORK OF THE ...
... sort , except such as might represent the forms of animals - these were rigidly excluded . Cherubims seemed to be hovering around and grasping its gorgeous folds ; and if tradition and history be to be credited , NEEDLEWORK OF THE ...
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... sort of coat or cover- ing for the body , made of rich stuff , and richly em- broidered with the figures of lions and other animals . The dress of the Egyptian ladies of rank was rich and somewhat gay : in its general appearance not ...
... sort of coat or cover- ing for the body , made of rich stuff , and richly em- broidered with the figures of lions and other animals . The dress of the Egyptian ladies of rank was rich and somewhat gay : in its general appearance not ...
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