Flemish textiles, 66
Florence, her silks and velvets, 63
„ specimens at South Kensington, 63
„ cut-work, 88
French silks, 68
Frontal, at Westminster, 90
Fustian, known in 13th century, 31
„ originally from Egypt, 73
„ woven at Naples, 74
Fygury, silks so called, 34
Gammadion, explained, 36
Garland, an Englishman, 11
Gems, etc., sewn on textiles, 89
Genoa, her silks, 59
„ specimens at South Kensington, 60
Gilding, used for textiles, 21
Gloves, embroidered, 111
Gold, used in weaving, 15
„ cloths made of gold alone, 16, 17
„ see “copper”
Greek monks, first bring silkworms, 9
Haconbie church vestments, 67
Hebrew word used improperly for silk, 7
„ embroidery, 79
Heliogabalus, first wore whole-silk, 9
Hemp, native home, 3
Heraldic charges on Sicilian silk, 56
Herod, his dress of woven silver, 22
Holosericum, explained, 24
Honorius, his wife’s robe, 16
Hullings, _i.e._ hangings, 46, 66
Imperial, a rich silk, 39
„ meaning of the name, 40
Indian, ancient splendour of dress, 15
„ textiles, 50
Italy, northern, mediæval silks, 58
Irish cloth, in King John’s time, 66
King Henry the third orders cloth of Areste, 74
„ Edward the second orders English embroidery, 85
„ Richard the second, gifts to Haverford castle, 90
Lama d’oro of Italy, 15
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