The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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Page 233
... velvet ; nay , his very shoes gleaming with brilliants , and himself withal so lofty in bearing , of so noble a presence , that this very magnificence seemed but a natural appendage , Wolsey took his lofty way from monarch to monarch ...
... velvet ; nay , his very shoes gleaming with brilliants , and himself withal so lofty in bearing , of so noble a presence , that this very magnificence seemed but a natural appendage , Wolsey took his lofty way from monarch to monarch ...
Page 239
... velvet suits , with tags of cloth of gold . So continual were the demands upon every kind of artisan , that the impossibility of executing them threw several into despair . One tailor who is reported to have under- taken to furnish ...
... velvet suits , with tags of cloth of gold . So continual were the demands upon every kind of artisan , that the impossibility of executing them threw several into despair . One tailor who is reported to have under- taken to furnish ...
Page 241
... velvet , em- brodered with litle rolles of white sattin wherein was written quando , all bardes and garmentes wer set full of the same , and all the residue where was no rolles , were poudered and set with the letter ell as thus , L ...
... velvet , em- brodered with litle rolles of white sattin wherein was written quando , all bardes and garmentes wer set full of the same , and all the residue where was no rolles , were poudered and set with the letter ell as thus , L ...
Page 355
... velvet bound and broider'd o'er- Her breviary book . ” — MARMION . " Books are ours , Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age- These hoards of truth we can unlock at will . " - WORDSWORTH . DEEP indeed are ...
... velvet bound and broider'd o'er- Her breviary book . ” — MARMION . " Books are ours , Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age- These hoards of truth we can unlock at will . " - WORDSWORTH . DEEP indeed are ...
Page 368
... velvet , —though probably there is no specimen of velvet binding before the fourteenth century ; and , indeed , as time advanced , there is scarcely any substance which was not ap- plied to this purpose . Queen Elizabeth had a little ...
... velvet , —though probably there is no specimen of velvet binding before the fourteenth century ; and , indeed , as time advanced , there is scarcely any substance which was not ap- plied to this purpose . Queen Elizabeth had a little ...
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