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 46
derived fromthose of the towns Gaza and Mosul. THE EMBROIDERY OF ANTIQUITY. 33 names.* During the times of which we have beenwriting, a vast commerce in elegant luxuries, like thesegauzy textiles, had evi-dently been pursued.Ancient sculptures repre-sent dancers draped intissues of this… … 34 I. EMBROIDERY. t,wA*vv» early Christians, for one of their first authors, in thereign of Tiberius, criticises the coquetry of women whenthey attended public worship in wearing these head veils,perfectly transparent and slightly ornamented withembroidery. These veils were the prototypes of…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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