State gloves formerly belonging to Louis XIII.

INDEX.

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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]

SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM ART HANDBOOKS.

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1. TEXTILE FABRICS. By the Very Rev. Daniel Rock, D.D. With numerous Woodcuts.

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