Art needlework. A complete manual of embroidery in silks and crewels, with full instructions as to stitches, materials, and implements. Containing also a large number of original designs and a handsome coloured design for crewel work (1882)
London, Ward, Lock · leaf 55
ker, and we needsay nothing further on the subject. In former times the bed-curtains and hangings were beautifullyembroidered, and at a Kentish mansion near Penshurst a bed that was destined for King Jamesthe First cost eight thousand pounds. The hangings were of gold and silver tissue, and lined… … 43.—Embeoideiit roE Table No. 49. very proficient in the art of embroidery. There is a room at Penshurst where the crimson chairsand couches are magnificently embroidered, and said to be the work of the Queen and her maids-of-honour. This room was worked especially to do honour to Sir Henry Sidney.…
Embroidery · Design
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