Things: A Volume of Objects Devised by Man's Genius which are the Measure of His CivilizationGeoffrey Grigson, Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith |
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... silk cloth to cover the said cushions . ' Writing nearly a hundred years later , the Good- man of Paris , describing the preparation of a bridal bed , remarks : ' And note that if the bed be covered with cloth , there is needed a fur ...
... silk cloth to cover the said cushions . ' Writing nearly a hundred years later , the Good- man of Paris , describing the preparation of a bridal bed , remarks : ' And note that if the bed be covered with cloth , there is needed a fur ...
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... silk nightgown about her ' . Perhaps this was simi- lar to the ' modish French night - clothes ' referred to in Mrs Centlivre's Platonic Lady ( 1707 ) . On the other hand , there are references to elderly gentlemen wearing flannel ...
... silk nightgown about her ' . Perhaps this was simi- lar to the ' modish French night - clothes ' referred to in Mrs Centlivre's Platonic Lady ( 1707 ) . On the other hand , there are references to elderly gentlemen wearing flannel ...
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... silk . In Cos , however , the silken floss was plucked from the cocoons , and then spun and woven . Sometime in the second millennium B.C. the Chinese had certainly discovered that it is pos- sible to unwind the entire silk thread from ...
... silk . In Cos , however , the silken floss was plucked from the cocoons , and then spun and woven . Sometime in the second millennium B.C. the Chinese had certainly discovered that it is pos- sible to unwind the entire silk thread from ...
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GROTTO at Painshill Park Surrey SirènChina | 186 |
Kircher Ars magna lucis | 294 |
Mavungu Pitt Rivers Museum | 399 |
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