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 109
g. 43) is of a band in the South KensingtonMuseum. It was probably used for an altar of theVirgin, since the words Ave Maria and the figure ofthe Virgin are conspicuous amongst other figures andinscriptions in it. The heads of the figures and theobjects they hold in their hands are of embroiderythe… … Fig. 42. -German embroidery (? Cologne) of the fifteenth century(in the Hochon collection). cloth of gold foundation in its relation to the personagesand inscriptions wrought upon it. The heads are ofapplique work. In the centre is Christ on the cross;the wounds in His body and the drops of blood…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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