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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… style, and in which is a chamber hung with decayed tapestry, is now the union workhouse. Anderton ANDERTON, a …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… first underkeeper of her Majesty's wardrobe "and of the tapestry hangings, plate, plenishing and other moveables … to be Keeper of the Great Wardrobe in Scotland and of all "tapestry hangings, silver plate, plenishing vessels, napery …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… Mortlack in Surrey, where the art and industry of making tapestry was intended to be carried on." The grant contained … the messuages referred to in such petition were used for tapestry making before the time of King Charles II's patents, … to state the facts stated in the petition. Continues:Tapestry working has now become common in and about London …
Magna Britannia
… eve. The Abb de la Rue, in his Memoir on the celebrated tapestry of Bayeux, printed in the Archologia 19 supposes, …
Magna Britannia
… over the doors, which are of the rudest workmanship. The tapestry of the great bed-chamber is comparatively modern, it … a profusion of light. The hall is hung with very curious tapestry which appears to be as ancient as the fifteenth … hangings of which are very ancient. This room is hung with tapestry on which is represented the story of Ulysses; over …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… two rooms separated by a stair. The N. room, called the Tapestry Hall in 1892, now contains the staircase …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… assigned for viewing the same.-Five pieces of tapestry of the story of Moses, each about 9 yds. by 4. Three …
Survey of London
… Appendix 1 The Soho Tapestry Makers APPENDIX I The Soho Tapestry Makers English tapestries of the eighteenth century … worked in Soho, or in areas adjacent to it. The history of tapestry weaving in this period is, however, obscure, and it …