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Old English embroidery : its technique and symbolism (1894)

St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London : H. Cox · leaf 153

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, done inevery shade of colour and everyvariety of stitch. On the bankbeneath, primroses and cowslips spring up, and peacocks anddeer disport themselves, and tropical birds of gorgeous hueslodge among the branches, and butterflies and insects that wouldhave delighted a naturalists heart complete… … Bed Hangings embroidered in blue-green Crewels. (English, 17th Cen-tury.) In the possession of LadyBroueham and Vaux.

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