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 47
ith goldwere called chrysoclavum, * or auro-clavum^ but golden embroiderieswere specified as auriphrygium.This word is the root of the Frenchword orfroi, a title commonly appliedto the golden bands which adorn _ ■ -F- copes, chasubles, and other ecclesi- Fig. 24.—Figure from astical vestments. an… … * From the Greek xpucoc, gold. f The clavus was, according to the majority of authorities whohave written about it, a band of ornamental weaving or embroideryto embellish the tunic. There was a broad band, the laius clavus,and a narrow one, the angustus clavus. The term chrysoclavus mightapply to…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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