Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 162
his companions were astonished by the splendid em-broideries they found worn by the Saxon nobles. These theNormans and their ladies began at once to collect and imitate. It isscarcely too much to say that needlework of every kind was to thegentlewomen of Britain in the Gothic centuries what sport… … ART IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND hundred figured vestments, richly wrought of the finest materials, andother cathedrals were scarcely less rich. A certain number of English embroideries have survived, mostly in cathedrals and other storehousesabroad, which go to prove by theirexquisite beauty that…
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