Church needlework : with practical remarks on its arrangement and preparation (1844)
Lambert, Miss · London : J. Murray · leaf 168
CHAPTER THE SIXTH. 149] combs at Rome. We learn, from the writings of AnastasiuSj that the variegated feathers of this bird, or imitations of them in needlework, were not unfrequently used as adornments for the church. The wings of angels were generally depicted as formed of the feathers of the…
Needlework · Church decoration and ornament
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