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Ornament in European silks (1899)

Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London : Debenham and Freebody · leaf 65

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ons crept in. The splendours of the courts and cntoiiyages of the Khalifs multiplied, the single band became doubled and trebled, until it developed into consider- able widths composed of several horizontal and parallel bands of ornament. Figs. 18 and 19 appear to me to illustrate the commencement… … Fig. 20. — Copy of portion of a Siculo- pare these features with those of Figs. 20 and Saracenic silk vestment of the 12th cen- tury, preserved in the cathedral at 21, which, as I have said, are of Siculo- Kaiisbon. The original fabric is woven Saracenic 12th century manufacture, and you in…

Silk · Embroidery, European · Decoration and ornament

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