Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 370
his conclusions, which I willingly accept enbloc. Of course he has chiefly dealt with the Frenchbranch of the art, and with the Flemish, from which itimmediately descends. He begins, however, by quotingPliny, to prove the antiquity of weaving, and gives a verseof Martials to this effect: Thou owest… … Portion of a Tapestry Hanging. Cathedral. Rheims. The Vat a basse-lisse frame. lrgin weaves and embroidersPage 236. Stitches. 237 land of Memphis, where the slay of the Nile has van-quished the needle of Babylon. Homer makes Helen weave the story of the siege ofTroy; this may have been partly…
Embroidery · Needlework
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