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 39
-mental textiles.Again, in the thirdcanto of the Iliad,we have a pictureof Helen in herpalace embroideringa large cloth, whiteas alabaster, withthe story of thecombats in whichTrojans skilled intaming steeds andGreeks clad inbrazen cuirassescontended for loveo f her. ThenAndromache (cantoxxii.)… … THE EMBROIDERY OF ANTIQUITY. 27 Divine Ulysses wearing an ample purple mantle offine, soft linen, fastened by a brilliant clasp of gold.The front of the mantle was decorated with rich em-broidery, representing a bloodhound who fiercely pinsa dappled fawn and casts hungry looks upon the quiver-ing…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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