The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical TapestriesHenry Colburn, 1841 - Всего страниц: 405 |
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... present day ; avoiding entirely the dry technicalities of the art , yet furnishing an acceptable accessory to every work - table - a fitting tenant of every boudoir . The Authoress thinks thus much necessary in ex- planation of the ...
... present day ; avoiding entirely the dry technicalities of the art , yet furnishing an acceptable accessory to every work - table - a fitting tenant of every boudoir . The Authoress thinks thus much necessary in ex- planation of the ...
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... presents or offerings without which one personage hardly thought of approaching another . Fashion in those days was not quite the chame- leon - hued creature that she is at present ; nor were the fabrics on which her fancy was displayed ...
... presents or offerings without which one personage hardly thought of approaching another . Fashion in those days was not quite the chame- leon - hued creature that she is at present ; nor were the fabrics on which her fancy was displayed ...
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... presents made him , that at his death he was found possessed of a hundred complete suits of clothes , two hundred shirts , and five hun- dred turbans . * Horace , speaking of Lucullus ( who had pillaged Asia , and first introduced ...
... presents made him , that at his death he was found possessed of a hundred complete suits of clothes , two hundred shirts , and five hun- dred turbans . * Horace , speaking of Lucullus ( who had pillaged Asia , and first introduced ...
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... present refer only to the art of needle- work . The Egyptian women were treated with courtesy , with honour , and even with deference : indeed , some historians have gone so far as to say that the women transacted public business , to ...
... present refer only to the art of needle- work . The Egyptian women were treated with courtesy , with honour , and even with deference : indeed , some historians have gone so far as to say that the women transacted public business , to ...
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... present day , but of more value as the material was usually linen ; and though sometimes stamped in patterns , and sometimes interwoven with gold threads , was much more usually worked with the needle . The richest and most elegant of ...
... present day , but of more value as the material was usually linen ; and though sometimes stamped in patterns , and sometimes interwoven with gold threads , was much more usually worked with the needle . The richest and most elegant of ...
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