The Book of Costume: Or, Annals of Fashion, from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeH. Colburn, 1847 - 482 páginas |
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... EMBROIDERY . Embroidery is a very ancient invention , and was much admired and practised among the early nations . It is supposed that the Phrygians first discovered this art , and employed coloured silks , and gold thread or wire , for ...
... EMBROIDERY . Embroidery is a very ancient invention , and was much admired and practised among the early nations . It is supposed that the Phrygians first discovered this art , and employed coloured silks , and gold thread or wire , for ...
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... embroidered vests , tunics , and girdles , but also pictures and carpets . Thus we read : - " Fair thrones within from space to space were raised , Where various carpets with embroidery blazed , The work of matrons . " And again : " The ...
... embroidered vests , tunics , and girdles , but also pictures and carpets . Thus we read : - " Fair thrones within from space to space were raised , Where various carpets with embroidery blazed , The work of matrons . " And again : " The ...
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... embroidery were well known to the English fe- males , even at that early period . William of Malmes- bury says also , that " gold chains and bracelets were favourite ornaments of both sexes . " The women wore long tunics , or gowns ...
... embroidery were well known to the English fe- males , even at that early period . William of Malmes- bury says also , that " gold chains and bracelets were favourite ornaments of both sexes . " The women wore long tunics , or gowns ...
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... embroidery . The soldiers and common people wore close coats , only reaching to the knee , and short cloaks ... embroidered . Slippers were worn by men and women of fashion , and the men had a crossed bandage in lieu of a stocking . The ...
... embroidery . The soldiers and common people wore close coats , only reaching to the knee , and short cloaks ... embroidered . Slippers were worn by men and women of fashion , and the men had a crossed bandage in lieu of a stocking . The ...
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... his new subjects , the courtiers of the regent were much astonished at the beauty of the long - haired English , and their rich embroidered habits . " A CHAPTER II . THE ladies ' dress continued much the 46 THE TOILETTE IN ENGLAND .
... his new subjects , the courtiers of the regent were much astonished at the beauty of the long - haired English , and their rich embroidered habits . " A CHAPTER II . THE ladies ' dress continued much the 46 THE TOILETTE IN ENGLAND .
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