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 175
tern-book will befound in a book printed in Venice in theend of the XVth century. That book decorations were rrequentsources for embroidery designs is beyonddoubt. In other countries and periods be-sides Italy in the XVIth century the sameinfluence may be suspected, for the decorationof much Coptic… … Fig. 90 the designs found upon those wonderfulwoven tapestries which have been recoveredfrom tombs in Upper Egypt in such perfectpreservation. In fig. 88 is given an exampleof a simple knot design of this type whichdecorates a large cloth cover in the Victoriaand Albert Museum. It is a strong…
Embroidery
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