Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers (1888)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London, H. Grevel · leaf 100
^ for dainty glinting effects.The Saracens are credited with the invention ofspangles ; and, following their example, the Spaniardsmade free use of them in much of their ornamentalneedlework. One extremely remarkable specimen of … Fig. 40.—Embroidery designed by Lucas van Leyden, taken from hisportrait of Maximilian I. (sixteenth century), belonging toM. Dutuit. this spangled work is the chasuble embroidered byIsabella la Catolica, and carried by King Ferdinand tothe cathedral of Granada after the taking of that townfrom the…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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