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 106
n Eyck or their pupils.Pearls surround the saints, whose crowns and nimbiglisten with precious stones. It is said that thesemagnificent vestments were used at the first chapter ofthe Golden Fleece held by Philip the Good on the 10thJanuary, 1430.1 The sumptuous embroideries which belonged toCharles… … doubt be attributed to Flemish art. They were taken 94 I. EMBROIDERY. by the Swiss on the 3rd March, 1476, at the battleof Gransons, in regard to which Philip de Comineswrites, they seized his camp and cannon, and allthe tents and pavilions belonging to him and his retinuewhich was very numerous,…
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