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Ornament in European silks (1899)

Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London : Debenham and Freebody · leaf 215

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ilks upon small-meshed canvas. The Royal arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with the letters I.R. (James Rex), occupy the central position of the whole design, and the comparatively formal way in which they are depicted is in marked contrast with the German method shown in… … Fig. 162. — A panel of canvas, worked chietly in small tent and cross stitches with coloured '-ilk threads ami line gold thread. In the centre, surinonnted hy a rose and two buds, is a white shield shape, ujion wliit. h, beneath a large crown, is a scrolled escutcheon bearing the Royal Arms of the…

Silk · Embroidery, European · Decoration and ornament

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