Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 450
, and each by clever manipula-tion had outwitted the dealer from whom he hadmanaged to wrest this one old temple hanging. Butwhen I went to headquarters, and began to employ themen who actually made the fabric, my envy vanished.I soon found that none of these coveted treasures wasold at all. Such… … Workers credulous strangers. I have spent hour after hour withthe embroiderers, watching them manipulate old templehangings, and have seen them when the task was overwash on gold stains with base metal. Here and therea few little touches would be of real gold, and it wasall done so cleverly that…
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