Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 80
of pilgrimage and piracy had approximated the countries of theearth (see Gibbons Decline and Fall, chap. lv.). Greek embroidered patterns and Greek forms of dress still linger inIceland. There was lately brought to England a brides dress, whichmight have belonged to the Greek wife of a Varangian… … Style. 41 into Rome, as they had long done into the Greek islands,by the Red Sea or by land through Tyre. Ezekiel (590b.c.) mentions the Indian trade through Aden. Theo-doras dress has a deep border of gold, embroideredwith classical warriors pursuing each other with swords.1Works enriched with…
Embroidery · Needlework
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