[11]

Lefébure, Embroidery and Lace (trans. A. S. Cole).

[12]

Lucan, Pharsalia, Book X.

[13]

The Romans denominated such embroideries phrygionae, and the embroiderer phrygio. Golden embroideries were specified as auriphrygium. This word is the root of the French orfroi (orfreys).

[14]

Mrs. Palliser quotes an extract from the author of Letters from Italy, who, speaking of the cabinet at Portici, mentions an elegant marble statue of Diana "dressed after the purple gowns worn by the Roman ladies; the garment is edged with a lace exactly resembling point; it is an inch and a half broad, and has been painted purple." By an Englishwoman (Mrs. Millar) in the years 1770 and 1771 (London, 1777).

[15]

Strutt.