In the magnificent English embroideries of the thirteenth century, such as the Lateran and Pienza copes, mentioned at page [112], we see birds of exactly similar style and kinds introduced among the scroll-work of the grounds and borders.
The phrase ivy pattern is a convenient one to use, as it expresses a very common and well-defined type of ornament, but the leaf is too conventionally treated to be recognized as that of the ivy or any other plant: and the pattern is varied with blossoms of different forms and colours.
See Laborde, Les Ducs de Bourgogne, Vol. II. p. 1, and note to p. [121].
The manner in which this splendid effect is produced is described below, see page [234].