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 139
actions appropriate to the scene,and the attitudes nobly expressed. Fig-57-—Spanish relief ^, . r- j-.- embroidery in gold The specimen is in fine condition,threads and coloured \Ye know of no better nor more silks (on an orphrey from the Fortuny important piece 01 needlework. It collection). ^ [n… … SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO DEATH OF LOUIS XIV. \2J and on white linen articles. Linen had been somewhatrare. Queen Isabella of Bavaria had in her weddingtrousseau three dozen chemises of Holland, a quan-tity which seemed a great luxury to the French court.*Her spouse, Charles VI., wore silk shirts,…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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