Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 608
I have seen noEnglish specimens that are not beneath criticism ; they are only funny. - In the Calendar of the State Papers Office (Domestic, Charles I.,vol. clxix. p. 12), Mrs. H. Senior sues the Earl of Thomond for ^200per annum, her pay for teaching his daughter needlework. Mrs. Hut-chinson, in… … English embroidered curtain (James I.), at Cockayne Hatley, Beds. Page 390. English Embroidery. 391 The other fashionable work of that day had its merits. Itwas the custom to embroider hangings or linen in crewels.Considering how often in this book and my precedinglectures I have said that this…
Embroidery · Needlework
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