Cantor lectures on the arts of tapestry making and embroidery ... delivered before the Society, April 5th, 12th and 19th, 1886 (1886)
Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934, Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain) · London, W. Trounce · leaf 22
Ravenna, the seat of thelater Roman Government. The curtains,looped under the arcades, were probably ofordinary woven material, far thinner andlighter in texture than tapestry-made hangings.The ornament upon them may have beenpainted, embroidered, or woven into them. Itmay, indeed, have been done… … Oriental connections, which had been pro-tracted through centuries, affected the adorn-ment of palaces long before the times ofTheodoric. And as the organisation of theChristian Church, with its ramifications in theEast, spread itself about Europe, fashion, inthe use of decorated textiles, was…
Tapestry · Embroidery
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