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 72
l Society.) FROM THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE CRUSADES. $9 an embroidery done with the needle by means ofcouched worsteds on linen (fig. 28). After the Battle of Hastings William the Conqueroris said to have held a meeting with the nobles of hisnew kingdom, presenting himself before them in amantle… … Fig. 28.—Fiece of the Bayeux embroidery. senting the Conquest of England ? Two mantles arethere described, one of King William, all of gold,powdered with crosses and blossoms of gold, and edgedalong the lower border with an orphrey of figures; anda mantle said to have been worn by the duchess,…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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