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The arts and crafts of older Spain (1907)

Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London : T.N. Foulis · leaf 200

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enough to adorn a princes palace. The Spanishtaffetas and guadamecies, so highly esteemed inother provinces, are held of no account in this one(Madrid). The sargas and ar&beles wherewith themoderation of the Spanish people was satisfied informer days, must now be turned into injurioustelas… … TAP1Z OF CRIMSON VELVET WORKED IN GOLD TISSUE (16th Century, Monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos) TEXTILE FABRICS the year 1331, were paid respectively one thousandmaravedis and eighteen hundred maravedis, fordecorating the tents of King Sancho the Fourth.There also exists the following entry, dating…

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