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 74
epresentation ofthe siege of Troy, possibly indicatesthe kings literaryand artistic taste.M. de Ronchaudremarks how closelythe tradition ofHelens embroi-deries during thesiege of Troy findan analogy withthat of the greatepic embroidered byMathilda in respectof the Conquest ofEngland.* But it may… … KensingtonMuseum). * La Tapisserie dans VAntiqidte, by Ronchaud. ^Encyclopaedia Britannica (Edinburgh : 1878), vol. viii., p. 162. Seealso Textile Fabrics, by Canon Rock (1870), Introduction, p. 98 ; Can-tor Lectures, by Alan S. Cole (1886), p. 31. 62 I. EMBROIDERY. served in the South Kensington…
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