The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Fig. 2.—Part of a Siculo-Saracenic brocade woven in the 12thcentury. i6| in. wide. ment dated 1375 distinguishes between losdrapsdor Sdargent ode seda and brocats dor e dargenf, a difference which is readilyperceived, upon comparing for instance cloths of gold, Indian kincobs, with Lyons silks that are brockSs with threads ofgold, silk or other material. Notwithstanding tliis, many Indiankincobs and dainty gold and coloured silk-weavings of Persianworkmanship, both without floating threads, are oft
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Fig. 2.—Part of a Siculo-Saracenic brocade woven in the 12thcentury. i6| in. wide. ment dated 1375 distinguishes between losdrapsdor Sdargent ode seda and brocats dor e dargenf, a difference which is readilyperceived, upon comparing for instance cloths of gold, Indian kincobs, with Lyons silks that are brockSs with threads ofgold, silk or other material. Notwithstanding tliis, many Indiankincobs and dainty gold and coloured silk-weavings of Persianworkmanship, both without floating threads, are often calledbrocades, although in neitheris the ornamentation reallybrocM or brocaded. Con-temporary in use with theSpanish brocats is the wordbrocado. In addition to bro-carts the French now use theword brocher in connexionwith certain silk stuffs whichhowever are not brocades in ,the same sense as the bro-carts. A wardrobe accountof King Edward IV. (1480)has an entry of satynbroched with gold —a de-scription that fairly appliesto such an enriched satin asthat for instance shown infig. 4.
Size: 1734px × 1442px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectencyclo, bookyear1910
