Old English embroidery : its technique and symbolism (1894)
St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London : H. Cox · leaf 35
brownholland. Its entire length is 226 feet, and it is 1^ feet broad. Itwent exactly round the nave of the Cathedral at Bayeux, for whichit was used as a hanging on certain saints days. It contains 530figures, three only of which are females. The technique is very curious. The figures are worked… … u C U becW coU -a 3 0) rtH X 3 a; >~. ni CQ ANGLO-NORMAN WORK. 17 when bare, are merely outlined in green, red, or blue, the featuresbeing worked in yellow. All the objects are represented withoutany reference to their natural colours. Perspective, too, is whollyneglected, and the effects of…
Embroidery · Christian art and symbolism
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