Embroidery : a collection of articles on subjects connected with the study of fine needlework, including stitches, materials, methods of work, and designing, and history ... (1909)
Christie, Grace · London, James Pearsall · leaf 145
derersart. A badge or a coat-of-arms often makesa good subject for the ornamentation ofcushions, bags, or furniture. A monogramcan be so prettily arranged that it may wellbe the only decoration worked upon somehousehold object. The crowned monogram(built up of cursive lettering and decoratedwith… … Fig. 66 barrel, picturesquely represented the nameGrafton (Graft tun). Similarly, the fourletters IM O R placed on the four sidesof a barrel represented I. Morton (I. Mortun). This occurs on the central tower ofCanterbury Cathedral. Carved on the out-side of Abbot Islips chapel in WestminsterAbbey…
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