The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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Page 45
... attended upon them a distaffe , dressed and trimmed with kombed wooll , as also a spindle and yearne upon it . The said Tanaquil was the first that made the coat or cassocke woven right out NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 45.
... attended upon them a distaffe , dressed and trimmed with kombed wooll , as also a spindle and yearne upon it . The said Tanaquil was the first that made the coat or cassocke woven right out NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 45.
Page 46
... woven right out all through ; such as new beginners ( namely young souldiers , barristers , and fresh brides ) put on under their white plaine gowns , without any guard of purple . The waved water chamelot was from the beginning ...
... woven right out all through ; such as new beginners ( namely young souldiers , barristers , and fresh brides ) put on under their white plaine gowns , without any guard of purple . The waved water chamelot was from the beginning ...
Page 47
... . Heliogabalus was the first man that ever wore a robe entirely of silk . He had also a tunic woven of gold threads ; such * Book viii . chap . 48 . gold thread as we referred to in a prior chapter NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 47.
... . Heliogabalus was the first man that ever wore a robe entirely of silk . He had also a tunic woven of gold threads ; such * Book viii . chap . 48 . gold thread as we referred to in a prior chapter NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 47.
Page 53
... woven . " In allusion to these lettered garments Ausonius celebrates Sabina ( textrice simul ac poetria ) , whose name thus lives when those of more important per- sonages are forgotten They who both webs and verses weave , The first to ...
... woven . " In allusion to these lettered garments Ausonius celebrates Sabina ( textrice simul ac poetria ) , whose name thus lives when those of more important per- sonages are forgotten They who both webs and verses weave , The first to ...
Page 72
... had also a robe of woven gold , worn over a cassock of scarlet silk ; a dress certainly worth the naming , though not so much as others indebted to our useful little implement which Cowper calls the 72 NEEDLEWORK OF THE DARK AGES .
... had also a robe of woven gold , worn over a cassock of scarlet silk ; a dress certainly worth the naming , though not so much as others indebted to our useful little implement which Cowper calls the 72 NEEDLEWORK OF THE DARK AGES .
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