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Heraldry as art : an account of its development and practice, chiefly in England (1907)

Eve, George W., d. 1914 · London : B.T. Batsford ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 273

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It consists of the arms ofthe shield translated into terms of embroidery, and if itwere but in better preservation a liner model for heraldicwork it would be hardly possible to conceive. This isbut one of the many splendid heraldic garments of which EMBROIDERED HERALDRY 249 so little remains, but… … Fig. 224. —Embroidered Cap with badges, Victoria and Albert Museum.Sixteenth Century. the needlework are there.1 The embroidery of badges ongarments instead of the regular arms was also common,as witness the effigies of Richard II and his Queen, Anneof Bohemia, in Westminster Abbey. 1 Needlework as…

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