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Damasks : their origin & ornamentation (1920)

Stroheim & Romann · New York : Stroheim & Romann · leaf 44

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Late lyth century Italian brocatelle. Stroheini Roniann No. 21018 circumstances. Up to the time of Louis XIV, the French weavers were content to produce moderately priced tissues to meet this demand, the higher, more expensive stuffs remaining the specialty of Italy. It was Colbert, the powerful…

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