 | 1856 - 1432 páginas
...twenty inches in breadth. The groundwork of it is a strip of rather fine linen cloth, which, through age, has assumed the tinge of brown holland. The stitches consist of lines of colored worsted laid side by^ide, and bound down at intervals with cross-fastenings ; as is seen in... | |
 | John Collingwood Bruce - 1856 - 224 páginas
...twenty inches in breadth. The groundwork of it is a strip of rather fine linen cloth, which, through age, has assumed the tinge of brown holland. The stitches...and bound down at intervals with cross fastenings ; as is seen in the frontispiece, which represents a portion of the Tapestry of the original size.... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1857 - 650 páginas
...twenty inches in breadth. The groundwork of it is a strip of rather fine linen cloth, which, through age, has assumed the tinge of brown holland. The stitches...worsted laid side by side, and bound down at intervals by cross fastenings. The colours chiefly used by the fair artists are, dark and light blue, red, pink,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 660 páginas
...twenty inches in breadth. The groundwork of it is a strip of rather fine linen cloth, which, through age, has assumed the tinge of brown holland. The stitches...worsted laid side by side, and bound down at intervals by cross fastenings. The colours chiefly used by the fair artists are, dark and light blue, red, pink,... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 642 páginas
...conquest of England by the Normans is worked in coloured woollen thread, after the manner of a sampler. The stitches consist of lines of coloured worsted laid side by side, and bound down at frequent intervals by five cross stitches. The parts intended for flesh are left untouched, and show... | |
 | Swedish Historical Society of America - 1907 - 660 páginas
...assumed the tinge of brown holland. The figures are crude and the stitches consist of lines of colored worsted laid side by side and bound down at intervals with cross fastenings. The horses, lions, birds, houses, trees, dresses, etc., are held in blue, red, green, buff and yellow.... | |
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This remarkable monument of skill and industry originally formed one piece ; and, according to a recent writer," measures two hundred and twenty-seven feet in length, by about twenty inches in breadth. The groundwork of it is a strip of rather fine linen... 