Needlework as art . Fig. 22. Piece of applique in red stuff and red outlines from Egypt. We have an instance of ancient application of about 1 See The Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen, by Villiers Stuart. 2 See Aubervilles Tissus, Plate i. PI. 44-. Funeral Tent of Isi-em-Kebs. From Villiers Stuarts Funeral Tent of anEgyptian Queen. Stitches. 217 600 years later, Greek in its beauty of design and exe-cution. Alas ! we can only ascertain, from tattered frag-ments taken out of a tomb in the Crimea, that it was par-seme with figures on horseback or in chariots. The borderis very beautiful. Compar
Needlework as art . Fig. 22. Piece of applique in red stuff and red outlines from Egypt. We have an instance of ancient application of about 1 See The Funeral Tent of an Egyptian Queen, by Villiers Stuart. 2 See Aubervilles Tissus, Plate i. PI. 44-. Funeral Tent of Isi-em-Kebs. From Villiers Stuarts Funeral Tent of anEgyptian Queen. Stitches. 217 600 years later, Greek in its beauty of design and exe-cution. Alas ! we can only ascertain, from tattered frag-ments taken out of a tomb in the Crimea, that it was par-seme with figures on horseback or in chariots. The borderis very beautiful. Compare the fragments of which wehave obtained a copy with the mantle of Demeter, from aGreek vase, and you will perceive how the styles corre-spond (PI. 16, Fig. 23). The ground material is ofthe finest woven wool, of a deep violet or purple colour,enriched with application of another fine woollen fabricof a most brilliant green, worked down, outlined andembroidered in white, black, and gold-coloured wool,apparently in stem The accompanying illus-tration gives the effect and general design of the outerborder only, in which the applied leaf is worked downin red, gold, and white. It is much to be regretted that the centre of themantle is
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