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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 |