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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] |