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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
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,

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