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 151
appropriate to a design ofthis nature. And no matter what amount of skill mayhave been involved in embroidering them, we cannotacquiesce in Saint Aubins statement that these LouisXIV. caryatids were specimens of masterwork beyondeulogy. The king, however, showed better taste in matters ofcostume,… … Fig. 63.—Cross or orphrey on the back ot a cope of Louis XIII.s period,embroidered in gold and silver (in the collection of Messrs. Tas-sinari and Chatel). SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO DEATH OF LOUIS XIV. 139 of the king, and on a licence signed by himself! Thenumber of wearers was limited ; and when one…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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