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 24
hurchesand buildings. A remarkable instance of suchlong hangings is given us in the famous linenband embroidered in wools, with over seventydifferent scenes connected with the Normanconquest. Mr. Fowkes book on this preciousrelic of 1 ith century art exhausts all that has tobe said about it. The… … Icelandic Embroidery in Worsted upon Linen ; probably of the16th century. back with the moustache—is probably Harold.Then we have a troup of horsemen led byHarold, upon whose left hand is a hawk.Harold is riding, as the legend tells us, toBosham. In front of the cavalcade are hounds.The building…
Tapestry · Embroidery
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