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 140
;linen garments,rarely of very finetexture, were quiteplain and withoutdecoration. But in the six-teenth century this gradually changed ; Fig. 58.—Border of red silk embroiderythe manufacture of on a linen cloth (in M. E. Bochers collection). linen was im-proved, and finer qualities played an… … 128 I. EMBROIDERY. broidered with nice effect in red silk, etc., thus cameinto use (figs. 58, 59, and 60). A desire for more pronounced effects of decorationin the borders of such clothes also arose. Point coupe(cut work) was accordingly adopted, resulting in theproduction of patterns with cut-out…
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