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| Acca, silks, |
70 |
| Amasis, his linen corslet, |
5 |
| Anne of Cleves, her pall of cloth of gold, |
41 |
| Areste, cloth of, |
74 |
| „ not Arras, |
75 |
| Aristotle first mentions silk, |
8 |
| Arras, a name for tapestry, |
97 |
| Aurelian, refuses his wife a silk robe, |
9 |
| Babylon, embroideries, |
79 |
| Baldachino, from baudekin, |
42 |
| Banner of Strasburg, |
92 |
| „ at Lyons, |
97 |
| Bath, famous for weaving, |
65 |
| Baudekin, a costly stuff, |
40 |
| „ origin of name, |
40 |
| “Batuz,” its meaning, |
90 |
| Block-printed linens, |
67 |
| Blodbendes, |
11 |
| Blodius, blue colour, |
76 |
| Boadicea, her cloak, |
3 |
| Bordalisaunder, explained, |
72 |
| British bards, distinction of dress, |
3 |
| Bruges, her looms famous, |
67 |
| Buckram, why so called, |
72 |
| Byzantine textiles, |
50 |
| „ not good examples at South Kensington, |
50 |
| Cadas, or carduus, a silken stuff, |
30 |
| Camoca, or camak, how used, |
30 |
| Canvas, origin of name, |
4 |
| Care-cloth, explained, |
72 |
| Carpets, |
101 |
| Cecily, Saint, her robe, |
16 |
| Cendal explained, |
27 |
| Chasubles of stauracin, |
37 |
| „ not to be made of fustian, |
73 |
| Childeric, his burial garment, |
16 |
| Chinese textiles, |
49 |
| „ patterned silks, |
71 |
| Chrysoclavus explained, |
35 |
| Ciclatoun, |
18 |
| Cingula, explained, |
12 |
| Cloaks for christenings, |
108 |
| Cloth of gold, two kinds, |
19 |
| „ “stayned”, |
101 |
| Cloths of estate, |
42 |
| Copper used to imitate gold thread, |
21 |
| Cotton, native home, |
3 |
| “Colayn” ribbon, |
69 |
| Cologne orphrey webs, |
69 |
| Colours of silks, mediæval, |
75 |
| Corporal, said to be used by Mary of Scotland, |
107 |
| Crochet, or “nun’s lace”, |
94 |
| Cyclas, a splendid garment, |
27 |
| Dalmatic of Charlemagne at Rome, |
38 |
| „ Byzantine, |
50 |
| Darius, his dress described, |
15 |
| Damasks, French, |
68 |
| „ why so named, |
71 |
| “De fundato,” a pattern on silk, |
38 |
| Diaper, a silk, |
32 |
| „ possible origin of name, |
32 |
| „ the meaning extended, |
33 |
| Dorneck, explained, |
72 |
| Durham cathedral, vestments, |
25, 28 |
| Eastern princes, insignia on their robes, |
45 |
| Eagle and other birds, woven on standards, |
47 |
| Edward the first, his gift of “cyclases”, |
27 |
| Episcopal shoes, |
109 |
| Egyptian work of the loom, |
5 |
| „ silver and gold wire, |
22 |
| „ loom, |
79 |
| Embroidery, |
79 |
| „ covering ancient dresses, |
80 |
| „ raised on book covers, |
86 |
| „ involved great labour, |
86 |
| English textiles, |
64 |
| Exeter cathedral, vestments, |
25, 28, 29, 31, 33, 46, 48, 58, 63, 65, 73 |
| Eylesham, famous for linen, |
64 |
| “Filatorium,” its meaning, |
93 |
| Filfot, explained, |
38 |
| Flax, grows wild in Britain, |
4 |
| „ earliest history, |
4 |
| Flemish textiles, |
66 |
| Florence, her silks and velvets, |
63 |
| „ specimens at South Kensington, |
63 |
| „ cut-work, |
88 |
| French silks, |
68 |
| Frontal, at Westminster, |
90 |
| Fustian, known in 13th century, |
31 |
| „ originally from Egypt, |
73 |
| „ woven at Naples, |
74 |
| Fygury, silks so called, |
34 |
| Gammadion, explained, |
36 |
| Garland, an Englishman, |
11 |
| Gems, etc., sewn on textiles, |
89 |
| Genoa, her silks, |
59 |
| „ specimens at South Kensington, |
60 |
| Gilding, used for textiles, |
21 |
| Gloves, embroidered, |
111 |
| Gold, used in weaving, |
15 |
| „ cloths made of gold alone, |
16, 17 |
| „ see “copper” |
| Greek monks, first bring silkworms, |
9 |
| Haconbie church vestments, |
67 |
| Hebrew word used improperly for silk, |
7 |
| „ embroidery, |
79 |
| Heliogabalus, first wore whole-silk, |
9 |
| Hemp, native home, |
3 |
| Heraldic charges on Sicilian silk, |
56 |
| Herod, his dress of woven silver, |
22 |
| Holosericum, explained, |
24 |
| Honorius, his wife’s robe, |
16 |
| Hullings, i.e. hangings, |
46, 66 |
| Imperial, a rich silk, |
39 |
| „ meaning of the name, |
40 |
| Indian, ancient splendour of dress, |
15 |
| „ textiles, |
50 |
| Italy, northern, mediæval silks, |
58 |
| Irish cloth, in King John’s time, |
66 |
| King Henry the third orders cloth of Areste, |
74 |
| „ Edward the second orders English embroidery, |
85 |
| „ Richard the second, gifts to Haverford castle, |
90 |
| Lama d’oro of Italy, |
15 |
| Letters woven on textiles, an ancient practice, |
47 |
| Liber pontificalis, a valuable book, |
35 |
| Lincoln cathedral, vestments, |
23 |
| Looms, upright and horizontal, |
64 |
| Lucca, her silks, |
58 |
| „ cloths of gold, |
58 |
| „ specimens at South Kensington, |
59 |
| “Marble” silk, |
76 |
| Milan, her textiles, |
63 |
| Moresco-Spanish textiles, |
53 |
| Mortuary palls, |
43 |
| Mummy cloths, |
5 |
| „ unmixed linen, |
6 |
| Muslin, long used in the east, |
74 |
| Muslin, origin of name, |
74 |
| Neckham, first describes the silkworm, |
13 |
| “Network” on linen, |
93 |
| Nuns, anciently, exhorted not to weave coloured robes, |
11 |
| „ English, employed in weaving, |
64 |
| “Opus” plumarium, |
81 |
| „ pectineum, |
81 |
| „ Anglicum, |
82 |
| „ consutum, |
88 |
| „ „ good example at South Kensington, |
89 |
| Organzine, explained, |
26 |
| Palls, of rich stuffs, |
41 |
| „ cloth of, |
42 |
| Paul’s (St.) cathedral, vestments, |
25, 39, 45, 50, 60, 65, 75 |
| Paper, employed by Japanese for clothing, |
1 |
| “Passing” for embroidery, |
93 |
| Persian textiles, |
49 |
| “Phrygian” work, |
79 |
| Plaited woollen stuff among the Britons, |
2 |
| Polystauron, why so called, |
36 |
| Pyx cloths, at South Kensington, |
107 |
| „ curious example, |
108 |
| Queen Matilda takes the Abingdon vestments, |
83 |
| Quilts for children, |
108 |
| Rayns (Rennes) cloths, |
68 |
| Rhenish cut-work, |
88 |
| Samit, |
10, 19 |
| „ explained, |
24 |
| Sandal, explained, |
27 |
| „ of bishops, |
109 |
| Saracenic textiles, |
46, 58, 99 |
| Sarcenet, explained, |
28 |
| Satin, not unknown in middle ages, |
29 |
| „ early names, |
29 |
| Sicilian textiles, |
54 |
| „ three styles, |
54 |
| Silk, |
8 |
| „ unknown in ancient Egypt, |
8 |
| „ in South Italy, 11th century, |
10 |
| Silk, its use at first condemned for garments at Rome, |
8 |
| Silver, woven into webs, |
21 |
| Skins, employed for clothing, |
1 |
| Snood, of the Anglo-saxons, |
12 |
| Spangles, how anciently used, |
92 |
| Spindle tree, |
2 |
| Spinning, ancient daily work of women, |
2 |
| Stauracin, origin of name, |
36 |
| Stragulatæ, explained, |
39 |
| Street hangings, |
43 |
| Subsericum, explained, |
25 |
| Syndon, explained, |
28 |
| Syon Cope, peculiar work, |
83 |
| „ its historical value, |
105 |
| Syrian textiles, |
52 |
| Taffeta, explained, |
28 |
| Tapestry, |
95 |
| „ Egyptian and Jewish, |
95 |
| „ English at Coventry and in Cornwall, |
96 |
| „ two kinds of frame, |
97 |
| „ of the Spanish armada, |
100 |
| „ imitated, |
101 |
| Tars, cloth of, probably cashmere, |
31 |
| „ „ |
76 |
| Textile, meaning of the term, |
1 |
| „ the value of collections, |
104, &c. |
| Tiraz, of an Arab palace, |
45 |
| Tissue, |
20 |
| Translucent silk, used in MSS., |
8 |
| Thread, gold, varieties of quality, |
23 |
| Tram, explained, |
26 |
| U, the letter, used in Italian silks, |
56 |
| Velvet, its history obscure, |
31 |
| „ vestments, first mentioned in England, |
31 |
| „ origin of the name, |
31 |
| „ varieties of weaving, |
32 |
| „ a peculiar ornament, |
63 |
| „ of Flanders, |
67 |
| Venetian textiles, |
60 |
| „ characteristics, |
62 |
| „ linens, |
62 |
| Warwick, earl, his banners of satin, |
29 |
| „ and dresses, |
92 |
| Westminster copes, preserved at Stonyhurst, |
63 |
| Wire, gold and silver, for weaving, |
22 |
| „ machine for drawing first used, |
23 |
| Worcester, famous for cloths, |
65 |
| Worms, (silkworms) first brought to Europe, |
9 |
| Worsted, in Norfolk, a new method of carding wool there, |
65 |
| York cathedral vestments, |
67, 72 |
| „ Princess Elizabeth of, her velvet gown, |
72 |
| Yprès, not origin of name of diaper, |
33 |
| „ linens, |
68 |
