s of flowers, birds, and fishes, upon an alternating
purple and blue background. The dividing lines are of gold thread.

Size of bag, ten inches by six.

THE COLLOTYPE PLATES

[Illustration: Plate I.--A detail from a XIVth Century English Cope.]

[Illustration: Plate II.--Two Heads from a XIVth Century English Cope
preserved at Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire.]

[Illustration: Plate III.--A small portion of a Quilted Coverlet,
probably of Sicilian work. Date about 1400.]

[Illustration: Plate IV.--A portion of an Altar Cloth Band, embroidered
in coloured silk threads upon a white linen ground.]

[Illustration: Plate V.--A portion of a late XVth Century Orphrey,
embroidered with the arms of Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham.]

[Illustration: Plate VI.--A detail of Foliage taken from a late XVIth
Century Embroidered Picture, representing the story of Daphne.]

[Illustration: Plate VII.--An Embroidered XVIIth or XVIIIth Century
Wool-work Curtain.]

[Illustration: Plate VIII.--A portion of a large XVIIth Century Linen
Hanging, embroidered with coloured wools.]

[Illustration: Plate IX.--Cutwork Lettering taken from a XVIIth Century
English Sampler.]

[Illustration: Plate X.--An Embroidered Sampler.]

[Illustration: Plate XI.--An example of Persian Embroidery.]

[Illustration: Plate XII.--A detail from an Embroidered Tablecloth.
Designed and executed by Mrs. W. R. Lethaby.]

[Illustration: Plate XIII.--An Embroidered Altar Frontal, executed by
Miss May Morris, designed by Mr. Philip Webb.]

[Illustration: Plate XIV.--Two pieces of Ancient Weaving taken from
Tombs in Egypt.]

[Illustration: Plate XV.--An example of a Tapestry Field strewn with
Flowers.]

[Illustration: Plate XVI.--A Tapestry Bag, woven in coloured silk and
gold thread by the Author.]

INDEX

Altar-cloth band (Plate IV.)

Altar frontal (Plate XIII.)

Appliances, 34

Appliances and materials for tapestry weaving, 315

Applied embroidery, 174

Applied work, 172

Background, the, 46

Bag, tapestry (Plate XVI.)

Beads, 50

Bobbins, 321

Braid work, 166

_Broderie anglaise_, 222

Bullions, 235, 256

Canvas work, 147

Coat-stave, 333

Collotypes, descriptive notes on, 356

Colour, 72

Comb, 322, 344

Cope at Steeple Aston (Plate II.), 357

Cope, detail from XIVth century English (Plate I.), 356

Cord, 40, 271

Cord-making appliance, 39, 273

Cotton, 49

Couching, 164

Couching gold, ancie