Needlework as art . were probably woven inBarcheston. (Plate 49.) The style is English Renais-sance, and the design full of intention ; in fact, theyhave the seal of the time of Henry VIII. Only one 1 Rocks Introduction, p. lxxix. 2 The art of weaving tapestry was brought to England by WilliamSheldon, Esq., about the end of the reign of Henry VIII.—SeeDugdales Warwickshire ( Stemmata : Sheldon), 2nd edition, folio,vol. i. p. 584; also Lloyds State Worthies, p. 953, quoted byManning and Bray, Hist, of Surrey, vol. iii. p. 82. But we have anearlier notice of a spirited attempt to make fine tapes
Needlework as art . were probably woven inBarcheston. (Plate 49.) The style is English Renais-sance, and the design full of intention ; in fact, theyhave the seal of the time of Henry VIII. Only one 1 Rocks Introduction, p. lxxix. 2 The art of weaving tapestry was brought to England by WilliamSheldon, Esq., about the end of the reign of Henry VIII.—SeeDugdales Warwickshire ( Stemmata : Sheldon), 2nd edition, folio,vol. i. p. 584; also Lloyds State Worthies, p. 953, quoted byManning and Bray, Hist, of Surrey, vol. iii. p. 82. But we have anearlier notice of a spirited attempt to make fine tapestries at , Earl of Ormonde, married the daughter of Fitzgerald, Earl ofKildare, a person of great wisdom and courage. They brought fromFlanders and the neighbouring provinces artificers and manufacturers,whom they employed at Kilkenny in working tapestries, diaper, Turkeycarpets, cushions, &c. Piers died 1539. Cartes Introduction to theLife of James, Duke of Ormonde, vol. i. p. 93 (Oxford, 1851).. Stitches. 253 characteristic reminds one of Flemish art, and that is themode of drawing the plants and flowers, which mighthave been taken out of an old German herbal. Thelandscapes and peasantry are unmistakably pictures are worked with strong black outlineswhich emphasize every detail and give the effectof a highly coloured outlined engraving ; reminding oneof the childrens books by Marcus Ward or by The tapestries called the Spanish Armada hangingswere probably woven here late in Elizabeths reign. Inher time we find in catalogues of household goods,descriptions of splendid hangings, furnishings of palacesand private houses. The MS. inventory of the Earlof Leicesters belongings, in the library at Longleat,astonishes us with the abundance of suites of hangingsof tapestry that it enumerates, as well as those embroi-dered by hand, and others of stamped and paintedleather. It was in the reign of James I. that the manufacture 1 William Sheldon at
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