I. EMBROIDERY. 24 The Egyptians. — But it should be observed that the Egyptians cultivated the art of embroidery earlier than the Jews. These latter, in- deed, were initiated into the craft by the former.* Upon mummy cloths dating from the first of historic periods, … antiquity, except for pjg the extraordinary care with which the piety of the Egyptians has pre- served you, you would have crumbled into dust, like other tissues made during the first ten thousand years of human life on this world ! t * Egyptian Archeology, by Mas- pero (English translation…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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