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 181
thread about panels and medallions, as was Fig. 78.—Mitre figured with the Crucifixion, embroidered by Biais. done in the sixteenth century, or represent playfullytwining ribands as in the eighteenth century.Thus it comes to pass that, in the presence of records of 168 I. EMBROIDERY. knowledge and… … Fig- 79.—Embroidered cover made ior the Papal Bull of theImmaculate Conception, by Biais. in museums, and representative of all ages and peoples,the embroiderer of the present day finds himself plen-teously provided with exceptional means for taking agreat step forward in the progress of his art.…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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