Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers (1888)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London, H. Grevel · leaf 45
* Strabo, Book XV., chap. i. 32 I. EMBROIDERY. Delicate Textiles, Gauze and Muslin*—The develop-ment of appreciation for the charm and glitter of certainclasses of embroidery was accompanied with a cultiva-tion of talent to produce equally beautiful articles for other and new purposes;and Strabo,… … Fig. 22.—Hera, goddess of matri-mony (from a Greek vase). parent muslins, known by poetic appellations, such asabrawan (running water), bafihowa (woven air), shuba-nam (evening dew), and other similarly expressive * The names gauze and muslin are said to be derived fromthose of the towns Gaza and…
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