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knovm as La Chapelle Joyeuse, and the other as La Grande Chapelle des Trepasses. It is likely that the same embroiderer executed tl1e pieces of all these. А gпild of embroideгe1·s was in standing in Seville in 1433, ,Yhere Ordinances were cnfoгced to protect from fганd and otheгwise to regulate this industry. The sаше Ia,vs were in existeпce in Toledo. One of the finest and laгgest pieces of emb1·oideгy in Spain is known as the Tent of Ferdinand and Isabella. Tbls was used in 1488, wl1en certaiп English Ambassadors were enteг­ tained. The followiвg is thei1· descгiptioп of its use. "After the tilting was over, the majesties returпed to the palace, авd took the Ambassadors ,vith them, and entered а laгge room ... and the1·e they sat under а rich cloth of state of crimson velvet, richly eшbгoidered, with the a1·ms of Castile and Aгagon." А curious effect mнst l1ave been pгoduced Ьу а piece of eшbroideгy described iп the inventory of Cl1arles V., as "two little pillows with savage beasts having the heads of armed men, and garnisl1ed with pearls." After the Reforшation it Ьесаше cнstomaгy to use ecclesiastica.l oгnaments for domestic purposes. Heylin, in his "Histш-y of the Refoгmation," makes mention of many " private шen's parlouгs " which " were hung with altar cloths, and theiг taЫes and beds covered with copes instead of carpetts and coveгlids." Katheгine of Aшgon, while the wife of Неnгу VIII., consoled herself in her unsatisfactory lifе Ьу needlework: it is related that she and hсг ladies " occupied themselves