Old English embroidery : its technique and symbolism (1894)
St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London : H. Cox · leaf 85
the period and of themethods employed, but of the nature and variety of the stitches.In this inventory, which may be found in Dugdales Historyof St. Pauls, occur the Opus plumariam; Opus pectincum;Opus pulvinarium; cut work, Consutum de serico, or desericoconsuto. Ingulph, speaking of the hangings… … cc Oo C o *obo C V -^ t-t >, V V- -a a +j o c E W 43 -^ -t >> c a- S ton o a U W —■* en Ut D M c 0 Oh C co o a. MATERIALS FOR MEDIAEVAL EMBROIDERY. 59 braided his people for arraying themselves like painted walls,with beasts and flowers all over them, while others, pretendinga more serious…
Embroidery · Christian art and symbolism
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