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 277
e attained in embroidery. Towards the end of the sixteenth century embroiderybegan to be padded into relief, a practice which afterwardsdeveloped to a remarkable extent in spite of its inartisticunsuitability to the material and work. It was naturally EMBROIDERED HERALDRY 253 least offensive in its… … Fig. 22S.—Arms of Eric XIV, King of Sweden. Berne Museum.About 1 ;6o. quarter, Denmark, being particularly spirited, while theexecution is very excellent of its kind. An instance of domestic embroidery occurs in Fig. 229,where the arms of James I are used as a centre to a designthat is, in the…
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