Traphagen, Ethel, b. 1884 · New York, John Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 116
nce into the luxury ofthe Orient. 57. Use of Gold Thread.—Drawn goldthread was not used in early fabrics, butgold leaf on paper rolled around a finethread of silk was employed. Sicilianfabrics of the thirteenth and fourteenthcenturies frequently show a purple groundof twilled silk with birds and… … Courtesy ot the Metropolitan Mnseum of ArtFig. 123.—Painting by Hans Memling of Betrothal of Saint Catherineshowing surcot and fabrics used in XV Century. strips of gilded parchment in place ofrolled gilt thread. Undoubtedly throughthe influence of the Crusades, the Sicilianweavers of the…
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