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 351
fter the Conquest, the cloaks so designated were intro-duced by the Normans, who wore them—at all seasons ofthe year—-embroidered, lined with costly fui-3, fringed, andjewelled. The Mantle presented to Henry I. by RobertBloet, Bishop of Lincoln, was valued at a sum equal toabout £1,500 of our… … Fig. 602. MALTESE LACE formed of Plaiting and Cloth Stitch. The best aredecorated with a little raised work, but the usual make isshown in Fig. 602, which consists of a simple Pearled Barground, with a pattern formed of Cloth Stitch, and Plait-ing3. The edge of the lace is distinguished by its…
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