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, 95 „ Egyptian and Jewish, 95 „ English at Coventry and in Cornwall, 96 „ two kinds of frame, 97 „ of the Spanish armada, 100 „ imitated, 101 Tars, cloth of, probably cashmere, 31 „ „ 76 Textile, meaning of the term, 1 „ the value of collections, 104, &c. Tiraz, of an Arab palace, 45