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Old English embroidery : its technique and symbolism (1894)

St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London : H. Cox · leaf 133

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Cap, embroidered with coloured silks in point lace stitches, and gold wireand spangles. (English, 16th Century.) … Book of Common Prayer, belonging to Her Majesty the Queen. (See page III.) CHAPTER XI. EMBROIDERY ON THE STUMP. By far the most curious work of which we have perfect andwell-preserved examples is the Stump Work of the sixteenthand seventeenth centuries. The nuns of Little Gidding were saidto have…

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