Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 175
ss Elizabeth, always with braid.When Elizabeth came to the throne she continued her it does exist, and is usually embroidered in a coarse mannerwith tent-stitch. In the seventeenth century the taste for velvet bindingsstill remained, but not so exclusively, as there were manymore bound in silk or… … evident liking for velvet boundbooks, and she had them ofseveral colours—red, green, orblack. Several of these arerichly embroidered, sometimeswith armorial designs, some-times floral, and sometimesarabesque. Others are deco-rated with brilliant enamels orgold, centrepieces, cornerpieces,and…
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