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Old English embroidery; its technique and symbolism (1894)

St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London, H. Cox · leaf 131

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DOR WORK. which only three can be seen in the illustration. The panel on the right is ornamented with a large flower, worked in yellow silk, with a yellow and red centre, the leaves being of various shades of green, and the stalks pale brown, the whole design edged with a thin silver braid, and the… … Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Ruffle. coloured silk, which has a spiral of silver gimp twisted loosely round it, the whole being used as one thread. The design represents a sort of tree, in dark green, bearing red fruits. The left panel is similar in manner of treatment to that on the right, the…

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