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 173
ver a silvery net it makes wings ofbeetles to vibrate like fluttering golden emeralds. Withthe scales of beetles bodies it gives birth to impossiblefoliage mixed with flowers of diamonds. It avails itselfof the shimmer of tawny silk, of the opalescent hues of l6o I. EMBROIDERY. mother-of-pearl, of… … Fig. 74.—Slavonic peasants cap embroidered in gold, eighteenthcentury (in Monsieur G. Bapsts collection). shine, sparkle, and glitter, to send forth prismatic rays ;it must be blazing, blinding, and phosphorescent; andso the sun acknowledges its defeat.* * Theophile Gautiers VOrient a VExposition,…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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