Aix, 351;
Daroca, 376.

Polymita, 87.

Pompeii, 269.

Portraits of Charles V., 295;
of Richard II. at Wilton House, 372;
of fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, 379;
in needlework in reign of James I., 388.

Portuguese silks, 394.

Progression, 64.

Proportion, 64, 291.

Pulvinarium, 204.

Purl, 387.

Purple, 187.

Queen Anne, style in reign of, 46, 49, 88, 391, 394.

Queen Elizabeth, embroidery of, 385-6;
style in reign of, 389.

Queen Mary of Hungary, 330.

Queen Matilda, 367.

Radiation, 67.

Raphael, 44, 245;
cartoons of, 255.

Renaissance, 26, 43, 45, 75, 108, 308, 329, 380, 383.

Repetition, 62.

Reredos at St. Alban's, 249, 347;
of Vintners' Company, 251.

Richard Coeur de Lion, 374.

Robes of Julius Caesar, 153;
of Childeric, 144;
of Bishop Adhelme, 361;
of St. Thomas a Becket, 369.

Roger, King of Sicily, transports silk-weavers from Greece, 161.

Roman silks, 160;
fashions, 299.

Romanesque, 36, 306, 323, 362, 364.

Roses, Wars of, 371, 372-3, 378.

Rugs, 285.

Runic art, 29, 306.

Samit, 145.

Sampler of Henry VII.'s reign, 379-80.

Saracenicum, 240.

Satin, 161, 170;
of Bruges, 171.

Scarlet, 182, 187, 189.

School of Art Needlework, South Kensington, 219, 288, 392;
rise of, 396-7;
list of work executed at, 398;
designs for, 398.

Schools, branch of Art Needlework, 397.

Screens, 261, 287.

Sculptures, 4, 353.

Seam, 198.

Seres, 154, 160.

Seventh century work, 361-2.

Sewing, plain, 197.

Shells, 88, 124, 190.

Sicilian patterns, 111;
embroideries, 124;
textile designs, 162, 341;
silk manufactures, 168;
fabrics, 315;
ecclesiastical designs, 331.

Sicily, textile art in, 41, 307.

Si-ling-chi, Empress, inventor of unwinding the cocoon, 156.

Silk, origin of, 151;
first woven by Pamphile at Cos, 300 B.C., 152;
Roman and Chinese, 153, 160;
trade in, 153;
in cocoon, 153, 156;
wild silk in China, 154-5;
attire mentioned in Latin poets, 157;
silken robes sold by Marcus Aurelius, 158;
garments given by Emperor Carinus, 158;
edict of Diocletian, with prices of articles, 159;
silk mentioned by poets and historians from first to sixth century,
159;
silkworm, 159;
monopoly of silk manufactures in Constantinop