Dolby, Anastasia, d. 1873 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 222
well, for every colour about to bechosen as a foundation for needlework. Violet.—The safest shades of violet, by which we implythose that are not likely to fade, are of the full deepamethyst; or the exact hue of the dark glowing purple, ina choice heartsease. As violet is only used by the Church in… … ancient ana a^o&ern. 169 Blue.—Blue, excepting in those Churches where festivalsof the Virgin, and such of the Saints whose colour it is, arecommemorated, is less in request for hangings than thecolours already enumerated. The clear celestial Blue isthat of Our Lady. It should be of that full…
Embroidery · Church vestments
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