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Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 34

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s chiefly occupied with grotesque animals, griffins, dragons,birds, except in the compartments devoted to the battle of Bead Mosaic Work.—This work, popular in Englandin 1855, consists in uniting together beads without anyfoundation. The beads used are large, long, transparentones, variously… … F:o. 305. BATTLE OP HASTINGS. Hastings, where the bodies of the slain are worked instead.Part of this tapestry is shown in Figs. 30, 30a, 306, and 30a.Beaded or Jetted Stuffs.—These textiles are dividedinto two kinds, those hand-embroidered and those havingthe beads woven into the texture. The…

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