Embroidery section from Historic Ornament: Treatise on Decorative Art and Architectural Ornament
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An excerpt on embroidery from James Ward's Historic Ornament (1897), covering pages 319-325 of the Textile Fabrics chapter. It traces embroidery from Egypt, Assyria, Persia and Phrygia through Greece and Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, including Opus Anglicum and the Bayeux Tapestry. It describes stitch types (feather, chain, crewel, satin, darning), gold and silver thread, and cut work or appliqué. Illustrations show a Norman archer from the Bayeux Tapestry, the Syon Cope orphrey, a Persian gold and silver embroidered velvet carpet, and the state gloves of Louis XIII.
- Type
- Monograph
- Date
- 1897
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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