. History of lace. z) a Samplar. ouvree dor, dargent sur fillez et ^ In the Bock collection, part of bordee dor et de gris. which has since been bought for the Autre serviette a Cabes de soye Victoria and Albert Museum, are grise et verde a ouvrage de fillez bordee specimens of rezeuil dor, or network dune tresse de verd et gris.—Inven- with patterns worked in with gold tory already quoted,thread and coloured silks. Such were 24 HISTOR Y OF LA CE But most artistic of all was a large ecclesiastical piece,some three yards in length. The design portrays theApostles, with angels and saints. These
. History of lace. z) a Samplar. ouvree dor, dargent sur fillez et ^ In the Bock collection, part of bordee dor et de gris. which has since been bought for the Autre serviette a Cabes de soye Victoria and Albert Museum, are grise et verde a ouvrage de fillez bordee specimens of rezeuil dor, or network dune tresse de verd et gris.—Inven- with patterns worked in with gold tory already quoted,thread and coloured silks. Such were 24 HISTOR Y OF LA CE But most artistic of all was a large ecclesiastical piece,some three yards in length. The design portrays theApostles, with angels and saints. These two last-mentionedobjects are of the sixteenth century. When used for altar-cloths, bed-curtains, or coverlets, toproduce a greater effect it was the custom to alternate thelacis with squares of plain linen. An apron set with maiiA^ a diceOf needlework sae rare,Wove by nae hand, as ye ina^- that of Faiily fair. Ballad of Hardyknute. This work formed the great delight of provincial ladies in Fig. 6. Fif. Sini>KK\vuKK, tiiikte:;ntii ckntukv.—(BockColl. South Kensington Museum). SIIDKKWOKK, KOUKTKKNTH OKXTIKV.— (Bock Coll. South Kensington Museum.) France. Jean Godard, in his poem on the Glove,^** alludingto this occupation, says :— Une femuie gantee cenvre en tapisserieEn raizeaux deliez et toute ImgerieEUe file—elle eoud et fait passenientDe toutes les fassons . . The armorial shield of the family, coronets, monograms,the beasts of the Apocalypse, with tieurs-de-lys, sacres cceurs,for the most part adorned those pieces destined for the use ofthe Church. 11, on the other hand, intended for a pall,deaths-heads, cross-bones and tears, with the sacramentalcup, left no doubt of the destination of the article. Le Gan, de Jean Godard, Parisien, 1588. Plate IV.
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