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Needlework as art (1886)

Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 54

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I. i and 2). The style of the Babylonian embroideries appears tohave been naturalistic though conventionalized. Wemay judge of their styles for different purposes by thereliefs in the British Museum. From their veils and1 The restless activity of the Phoenicians has often helped to confuseour… … AssLirbanipal fi8hlin6 lionsLish Museum Style. 23 curtains at a later date, when they had crossed their artwith that of India, we may imagine the mystical designof the Temple curtain as described by Josephus; infact, as much as possible embracing all things on theearth and above it, excepting the…

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