Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 379
followed by those of St. Wast and ofthe Abbey of Fleury, and others in France, who allwove wool and silk for tapestries. Le Pere Labbe, fromwhom much of this information is drawn and acknow-ledged by M. Charton (my authority), says that in876, at Ponthievre, in presence of the Emperor Charles 1… … s X Stitches. =43 the Bold, the hall of the council-chamber was hung withpictured tapestries, and the seats were covered withthem.1 Sufficient has been said to show that during the darkages hangings were woven in France, Germany, andBelgium,2 and that England was not behind the rest ofthe civilized…
Embroidery · Needlework
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