Author: Daniel RockPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
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South Kensington Museum. Textile Fabrics; a Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Church Vestments, Dresses, (etc.) Forming Stat Section of the Museum
Author: Daniel RockTextile Fabrics
Author: South Kensington MuseumPublisher: London, Chapman and Hall
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Catalogue ... 1807-1871
Author: Boston Mass, Athenaeum, librPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office: Subjects
Author: Great Britain. Patent Office. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Author: Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Author: Boston AthenaeumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenæum
Author: Boston AthenaeumPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Textile Fabrics, a descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Church-vestments, Dresses, Silk Stuffs, Needlework and Tapestries, forming that Section of the Museum
Author: Daniel RockTextile Fabrics
Author: Daniel RockPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330579855
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Excerpt from Textile Fabrics: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Church-Vestments, Dresses, Silk Stuffs, Needle-Work and Tapestries, Forming That Section of the Museum Like every other specific collection of art labour among the several such brought together within these splendid halls of the South Kensington Museum, this extensive one made from woven stuffs, tapestry, and needlework, is meant to have, like them, its own peculiar useful purposes. Here, at a glance, may be read the history of the loom of various times and in many lands. Here may be seen a proof of the onward march of trade and its consequent civilizing influences. Here we take a peep at the private female life in ages gone by, and learn how women, high-born and lowly, spent or rather ennobled many a day of life in needlework, not merely graceful but artistic. Here, in fine, in strict accordance with the intended industrial purposes of this public institution, artizans, designers, and workers in all kinds of embroidery, may gather many an useful lesson for their respective crafts, in the rare as well as beautiful samples set out before them. The materials out of which the articles in this collection were woven, are severally wool, hemp, flax, cotton, silk, gold, and silver. The silken textures are in general wholly so; in many instances they are wrought up along with either cotton, or with flax; hence, in ancient documents, the distinction of "holosericum," all silk, and "subsericum," not all silk, or the warp - that is, the longitudinal threads - of cotton or flax, and the woof - that is the cross-threads of silk. Very seldom is the gold or the gilt silver woven into these textiles found upon them in a solid wire-drawn form, but almost always, after being flattened very thin, the precious metal was wound about a very small twist of cotton, or of flax, and thus became what we call gold thread. As a substitute for this, the Moors of Granada, and after them the Spaniards of that kingdom, employed strips of gilded parchment, as we shall have to notice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Author: Boston AthenaeumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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