Old English embroidery : its technique and symbolism (1894)
St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London : H. Cox · leaf 79
d a mention of it so early as the eleventh century. Its specialcharacteristic was that by the arrangement of warp and woof,both of the same tone of colour, a design could be produced onthe web which had the appearance of being raised in relief abovethe seemingly dusky ground. Cloth of gold was… … Figured Silk, Fourteenth Century. The meaning of the word diaper gradually widened, so that itcame to be used when the same pattern or ornament was repeated,or when the pattern was sprinkled or powdered over the surface. MATERIALS FOR MEDIEVAL EMBROIDERY. 55 Embroidery to imitate diaper in gold was…
Embroidery · Christian art and symbolism
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