The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 80
acyof execution almost unsurpassed, save by the Japaneseembroideries. But little of ancient Chinese needleworknow remains, the dampness of the climate being injuriousto the preservation of materials, and the long civil warsproving destructive to much that had escaped the climate ;but the ancient… … Fig. 124. CHINESE EMBROIDERY. Chinchilla Pur. — (Chinchilla lanigera.) Of thisanimal there are two varieties, both of South America.That producing the best fur is a native of Buenos Ayresand Arica, and is of a silver grey, the darkest andbest in colour coming from the latter place. Thosefrom Lima…
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