Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors, and general readers (1888)
Lefebure, Ernest, 1835-, Cole, Alan S · Lond., H. Grevel and co. · leaf 61
FROM THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE CRUSADES. 47 In the seventh century the rise of Mohammedan power began to impair the mightiness of the Byzantine court. But the triumph of the Mussulman, far from Azof. From various data Stephani convincingly fixes their date at the fourth and third centuries B.C., not… … Fig. 25 a. — Chain stitch embroidery with yellow flax upon mulberry- coloured worsted material. Greek. Fourth century b.c From tomb of the Seven Brothers, near Temriouk, in the province of Kouban. to think. The specimen here engraved is worked apparently with a silky-looking llax thread, yellow in…
Embroidery · Lace and lace making
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