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 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 152
SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO DEATH OF LOUIS XIV. 1 39 of the king, and on a licence signed by himself ! The number of wearers was limited ; and when one died another was appointed. The coat was of blue, lined with red, embroidered with a fine pattern in gold picked out with silver; metal spangles were… … Fig. 64. — Design of the embroidery on regulation uniforms (Louis XIV.), after St. Aubin. wearers, and the magnificence of the scene is easily pictured. Louis XIV. had many embroiderers attached to his household ; and we find in the list of his domestic officers, amongst those of his hereditary…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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