Embroidery and lace : their manufacture and history (1899)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan Summerly, 1846-1934 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 155
SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO DEATH OF LOUIS XIV. 143 in embroidery, and a quaint print now in the Biblio - theque Nationale displays her, surrounded by pupils, holding pieces of needlework, and grouped, by stand- ards of difficulty suited to schoolgirls, of one, two, or three years’ training. There can be… … du joury etc., reveal Fig. 65. — Indian coloured embroidery (in the Cluny Museum). the fact, as testified by specimens of them in collections, that many ladies did not disdain employing some part of their leisure in the art of the needle. Europe followed the lead of France in the fashion of…
Embroidery · Lace and lace making
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